LOTS123 - UnGrading w/Johanna Brown

Life of the School Podcast: The Podcast for Biology Teachers

Today we discuss how we remove or reduce grades from our classrooms. Joining me for this conversation is Lee Ferguson from Texas and Johanna Brown from Washington State. Show Notes: - Johanna gave a shout out to Katy Dornbos as one of the teachers who helped out on her journey to being a gradeless teacher. - Johanna put together this google doc with a collection of ungrading resources. - We discussed the book Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) Edited by Susan D. Blum. We also discussed the following resources: - The Teachers Going Gradeless website - Starr Sackstein’s Blog Starr Sackstein’s book “Hacking Assessment” - “Point-Less: An English Teacher's Guide to More Meaningful Grading” by Sarah M. Zerwin - Lee also recommended “Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms” by Joe Feldman Announcements: Our first August episode will be with the authors of After The Mask: A Guide to Caring for Students and Schools by Christopher Jenson and possibly additional coauthors. Credits: Please subscribe to Life of the school on your podcast player of choice! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LOTS Music by: https://exmagicians.bandcamp.com/ Show Notes at Lifeoftheschool.org You can follow on twitter @MrMathieuTweets or @lifeoftheschool