Joanne JacobsApr 22 minWhy I quit teaching: Pay was OK, but not the loss of autonomyBen Stein quit teaching after 20 years as a teacher and coach in the West Des Moines school district, he writes on USA Today. He was...
Joanne JacobsFeb 132 minNo extra credit for Kleenex: 'Equitable grading' is honest -- not easy, says advocate"Equitable grading" isn't a strategy to inflate grades and lower expectations, argues Joe Feldman, author of Grading for Equity and CEO...
Joanne JacobsNov 9, 20231 min'B' is for below grade level (and chronically absent)"Rosie" averaged an 83 in core classes and tested more than two months above grade level in fifth grade in 2019. She was absent three...
Joanne JacobsNov 9, 20231 minA-F grades don't provide enough useful feedback, say educatorsOnly 13 percent of teachers say A-F grades are "very effective" in giving useful feedback to students, writes Alyson Klein in Education...