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How to talk with your administration about alternative grading

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

This article first appeared at Grading For Growth. What do you do if, having started alternative grading in your classes, you get pushback — but not from students? For example: Your department chair is unsupportive and pressuring you to go back to traditional methods. They have other things to think about.

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This Paraprofessional Did Her Teacher Training on the Job. Now, She Has Her Own Classroom.

ED Surge

Now, while she gets settled into her first official year as a teacher on a temporary one-year license, Montgomery will complete her certifications in secondary math and special education through an alternative teacher licensing program. What inspires them? Worries them? The interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. She pushed us.

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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The conversation is about Artificial Intelligence. I recently taught my students about budgets and they were so grateful! Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools? Should it be blocked? This is also episode 800.

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Facing Pressure on Enrollment, Will Colleges Support More Transfer Students?

ED Surge

At his second college, close to his home in East Hollywood, he says that he had a bad experience with the instructor about an early assignment in a developmental English course. The group studied Chicano literature, offering him the opportunity to read about experiences that reflected his own. “I

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JotForm Reports–A Fresh Way to Energize Remote Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Problems include administering and grading assessments, taking attendance, finding backchannel tools that enable them to stay in touch with students, and keeping viewers engaged during video presentations. Here’s how it works: Share a form that collects data on, say, remote learning. It’s JotForm’s new Report Builder.

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Dear Educators, a Balm for Deep Cuts: Navigating Racial Microaggressions at School

ED Surge

This guest speaker was talking about how to run group interviews, and she, a white woman, was imparting what she learned from years of research with various U.S. populations, including “tips” on how to work with diverse communities. populations, including “tips” on how to work with diverse communities. Wait, what?

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Harnessing The Future of AI without Losing Our Way

Cool Cat Teacher

He shares a candid conversation about how teachers can share what they are observing with AI, the benefits, and also some very real concerns he has about artificial intelligence and its impact on humankind. EVERFI - Free Digital Lessons for All Ages Want to prepare your students for career and life success but short on time?