We’re now into at least the first two weeks of the conventional school year. In honor of a fresh starts, I’d like to kick off a new series with a couple of posts exploring a forever-hot-topic: gradeless classrooms. From my conversations with families, I’ve found that it can be difficult for most to wrap their minds around a strength-based, humanistic pedagogy that doesn’t rely on grades or standards to know if their child is “succeeding.” For many people who grew up in the conventional system, the pass/fail, good grade/bad grade system is very difficult to see around.
The Radical Magic of Gradeless Classrooms, Part I
The Radical Magic of Gradeless Classrooms…
The Radical Magic of Gradeless Classrooms, Part I
We’re now into at least the first two weeks of the conventional school year. In honor of a fresh starts, I’d like to kick off a new series with a couple of posts exploring a forever-hot-topic: gradeless classrooms. From my conversations with families, I’ve found that it can be difficult for most to wrap their minds around a strength-based, humanistic pedagogy that doesn’t rely on grades or standards to know if their child is “succeeding.” For many people who grew up in the conventional system, the pass/fail, good grade/bad grade system is very difficult to see around.