One of my favorite people of all time is @mrscienceteach --- a middle school teacher who has led efforts in his school to "go gradeless."

That leads me to the question I'm wrestling with today: Will we ever get away from a culture of grading in schools?

Grant Wiggins once said that "Grades are utterly useless...but they aren't going away."

Is that just a truth that we have to accept? If we know the damage grades can do to learning, why do we continue to tolerate them?

#EduTooter

That's one of the greatest consequences of the loss of the Fairness Doctrine, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine

At least when there were only three networks to get news from, there were a shared set of facts to operate from and a requirement that opposing viewpoints be shared alongside one another.

The bubbles we create for ourselves need to be popped once in a while --- and that just doesn't happen anymore.

My #EduGlow for the week was receiving an email from a former student inviting me to see her perform in a play.

She was an extremely introverted kid who was pushing herself to try something new and wanted to share that with me.

That was a reminder that we are more than just people who deliver content to our kids --- and our work stays with them for long after they have left our classrooms.

#EduTooter