NEW: A Dialogue - Is The Gradeless Revolution Upon Us? Two English teachers from Long Island, NY talk about a radical choice — dropping grades altogether.
https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/a-dialogue-is-the-gradeless-revolution-upon-us #TG2Chat #gradeless #ungrading #edchat #education
Our latest episode is a conversation w/ Jack Schneider & Ethan Hutt about their book Off The Mark: How Grades, Ratings, & Rankings Undermine Learning (But Don't Have To):
https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/off-the-mark-how-grades-ratings-rankings-undermine-learning-but-dont-have-to-w-jack-schneider-ethan-hutt #K12 #education #Tg2Chat #satchat
Balancing the real with the ideal, Jack & Ethan chart a path toward the possibility of doing grades, transcripts, and testing differently. An education podcast from Human Restoration Project.
NEW: Writing - This is why we should stop giving homework
Chris McNutt @McNuttEdu summarizes the research on homework: concluding that assigning it really doesn't make much sense. #restorehumanity #edchat ##tg2chat
http://www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/this-is-why-we-should-stop-giving-homework
The United States must examine the underlying inequities of peoples’ lives, rather than focus on increasing schools’ workloads and lessening children’s free time for mythical academic gains that lead to little change. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.
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Learn more at http://humanrestorationproject.org/conference #restorehumanity #conference #education #edchat #tg2chat
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HRP hosts a variety of interactive workshops on ungrading, purpose-finding, interdisciplinary learning, and more. Check us out at https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/human-centered-pd #restorehumanity #edchat #tg2chat
NEW: Sunil Singh writes about how mastery education is not compatible with the current time-gated, test-based structure of school. #restorehumanity #edchat #tg2chat @Mathgarden
https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/the-myth-of-mastery-learning-in-education
In education, the idea that one can master many ideas in a short period of time, and be subsequently tested to confirm this delusion, is one of the first bricks in the education’s wall that must be removed. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.
"If you are ready to tackle a harmful system and change your practice, but don’t know where to begin, these are some concrete methods that have worked for me." - @LWennerth #Restorehumanity #edchat #education #tg2chat
Schools Are Not Labs: Why we need to recognize, as @YongZhaoEd says, why "what works" may hurt. #restorehumanity #edchat #tg2chat
Full video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6g0j_ivSJ-k
"Grades are not only statistically useless, they have been acting as academic gatekeepers for millions of students, unjustly sorting, sifting, & selecting which students get to go where and why." - @Mathgarden on why "Grading Gets an F"
Grades are not only statistically useless, they have been acting as academic gatekeepers for millions of students, unjustly sorting, sifting, and selecting which students get to go where and why. Published by Human Restoration Project, a 501(c)3 organization restoring humanity to education.
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