The process of building a portfolio and reflecting on one’s work teaches students important metacognitive skills needed to improve self-regulation. The conference allows students to demonstrate their best work and participate in the evaluation process...

This episode features an interview with Dan Scratch, high school social studies teacher, author of the website Teaching for Equity and Social Justice, and advocate of teaching for social justice.

This episode features an interview with Ken O’Connor, middle education leader, author of the book A Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades, and Standards Based Grading advocate.

It’s generally assumed that we have to provide consistency for students so that everything is fair, and students are consistently evaluated with regard to their achievements, no matter what school they attend. The fact is that this is pretend. Consistency is illusory.

This little tweak has led to profound changes in the way I talk to students about their writing and the way they respond to my feedback.

Grades undergird nearly everything we do in education. By threatening late penalties and administering one-shot assessments, we focus our famously distracted students on the task at hand.

This episode features Mariana Morales Lobo, who taught high school in Madrid and Barcelona for 15 years and now works as a consultant in education, training teachers and helping school leaders implement innovation.

This episode features an interview with Alfie Kohn, author of the books Punished by Rewards, The Schools Our Children Deserve, The Homework Myth, and his latest, Schooling Beyond Measure.

This episode features an interview with Benjamin Doxtdator, a middle school language arts teacher at an international school in Brussels, Belgium.

Finding ways to save time and practice self-care are important as we move away from grades. But community care is where we move beyond self-care into caring for each other.

I was never quite certain if my students actually took the time to read or if they understood my comments. I didn't know if they had questions or concerns. Assessing in isolation seems empty.

This episode features an interview with Starr Sackstein, author of the book Peer Feedback in the Classroom and Hacking Assessment.