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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2025 · 22 MIN

S7E2 - Building Belonging and Grading What Matters to Boost Achievement

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Episode Notes Bell Middle School reduced its D/F rate from 51% in 2022 to 28% in 2024. That's a 23 percentage point reduction. Even more impressive, for low income students, the D/F rate was 67% in 2022, and Bell cut it by more than half, down to 29% in 2024. In this episode, Alec Patton talks to science teacher Teddy Meckstroth about how they did it. Mentioned in this episode: Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman How to do the 2x10 Strategy (article) (video) The CARE Network Learn more about the High Tech High Graduate School of Education

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Episode Notes Bell Middle School reduced its D/F rate from 51% in 2022 to 28% in 2024. That's a 23 percentage point reduction. Even more impressive, for low income students, the D/F rate was 67% in 2022, and Bell cut it by more than half, down to...

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