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Grow Beyond Grades
by Teachers Going Gradeless
This is the podcast of Grow Beyond Grades. Each episode we speak to educators who are transforming teaching and learning by grading less. Tune in and learn with us!
Episodes
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Episode 59 - From Grades to Student Voice: The Community for Learning Story
Join us for a Community Gathering with Carla Meyrink on Saturday, October 24, at 12 noon ET. RSVP here to save your spot! When Students Become Partners in Learning At The Community for Learning in the Dominican Republic, curiosity and student-centered learning have long been central to the…
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Episode 58 - Navigating Ungrading and Workshop in a Graded World
Learning Without the Fear of Losing Points For more than four decades, P. L. Thomas has been questioning the ways grades shape students’ relationships with learning. Beginning as a high school English teacher and continuing today as a professor of education at Furman University, Paul has...
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Episode 57 - No Grades, High Stakes: The New College Story
A Different Kind of College This conversation explores what made New College of Florida distinct: narrative evaluations, contracts, tutorials, ISP projects, and a deeply student-centered culture. Professors Rebecca Black, Jessica Young, Liz Leininger, and Jenn Wells reflect on how that model...
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Episode 56 - Where the Learning Happens w/Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford is the founder of gotLearning, an EdTech company that revolutionizes learning conversations between teachers and students while using generative AI and Natural Language Processing to analyze large amounts of student learning data. Mike’s passion for education and technology stems...
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Episode 55 - Multimodal Composition w/Angela Stockman
Angela Stockman is an instructor in the Department of Education at Daemen University in Amherst, New York. The author of several books on multiliteracy instruction, she is regularly invited to lead curriculum and assessment design work in K-12 schools, where she has also facilitated the shift to...
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Episode 54 - Centering Student Strengths w/Dr. Kelsie Reed
Dr. Kelsie Reed is a nationally certified school psychologist serving elementary and middle schools in Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland. She is the co-author of Hacking Deficit Thinking, a book that outlines eight practical reframes for fostering strength-based schools. As the...
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Episode 53 - Does Testing Miss the Mark? w/Akil Bello
Our guest on the Grow Beyond Grades podcast is Akil Bello, an expert in educational access with over 30 years of experience. Akil began his career as a test proctor in 1990 and has since held roles from CEO to consultant, working to improve outcomes for underserved students. As the founding…
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Episode 52 - Paul Emerich France
Paul Emerich France is a National Board Certified Teacher, instructional coach, keynote speaker, and adjunct professor with over a decade of experience in the classroom, teaching grades transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. He is the author of Reclaiming Personalized Learning: A Pedagogy...
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Episode 51 - Assessing Holistically w/Carissa McCray
Carissa McCray is a member of Research, Advocacy, Collaboration, and Empowerment Mentoring program, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the American Educational Research Association. She has presented across the United States on topics ranging from implementing...
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Episode 50 - Leveling Up w/Fabiola Torres
Fabiola "Fabi" Torres is an online Ethnic Studies professor and Certified Faculty Developer at Glendale Community College. During the pandemic, she has led nationwide workshops and courses on applying equity-minded methods such as culturally responsive teaching in the online environment…
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Episode 49 - Undoing the Grade w/Jesse Stommel
Jesse Stommel is a faculty member in the Writing Program at University of Denver. He is also co-founder of Hybrid Pedagogy: the journal of critical digital pedagogy and Digital Pedagogy Lab. He has a PhD from University of Colorado Boulder. He is co-author of An Urgency of Teachers: the Work of...
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Episode 48 - The Mastery Transcript w/Mike Flanagan
Mike Flanagan is the CEO of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC), a growing group of high schools creating a digital high school transcript that opens up opportunity for each and every student—from all backgrounds, locations, and types of schools—to have their unique strengths, abilities,...
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Episode 47 - Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education w/Alex Shevrin Venet
Alex Shevrin Venet is an educator, author, and professional development facilitator based in Vermont. She teaches community college and graduate teacher education. Previously, she was a teacher and leader at an alternative therapeutic school. She is the co-founder of the Nurturing the Nurturers...
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Episode 46 - Telling the Whole Story w/Nate Bowling
Nate Bowling teaches Social Studies at a US Embassy School in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. He is a past Washington State Teacher of the Year and National Teacher of the Year Finalist. He and his wife blog about living and teaching overseas at BowlingsAbroad.com and he is the host of the...
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Episode 45 - Toward Assessment Utopias w/Juuso Nieminen
Dr. Juuso Nieminen is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong and a Banting Fellow at Ontario Tech University, Canada. He studies the social, cultural, and political aspects of assessment. Why do we assess the way we do? Dr. Nieminen’s research focuses on the...
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Episode 44 - Taking Grades Off the Table w/Vanessa Ellis
Vanessa Ellis is an 8th-grade social studies teacher at Veterans Memorial Middle School in Columbus, Georgia. In 2017, Vanessa was named a Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year, and in 2018, she was selected as a Harvard Fellow to study research-based practices in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In…
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Episode 43 - 'Imagining Otherwise' about Assessment w/Jan McArthur
TG2 team member, Michelle Cottrell-Williams, interviews Jan McArthur, Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. Jan’s research focuses on the nature and purposes of higher education and how these relate to practices of...
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Episode 42 - Centering Joy in the Classroom w/Liz Norell
Liz Norell is passionate about great teaching and student success. As a political scientist (well, really, a political psychologist), she's motivated to understand how/why we develop the political beliefs we do...and how to have more productive dialogue across differences. As a faculty member and...
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Episode 41 - Capturing Student Learning as It Happens w/Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford is a lifelong teacher and learner. Eight years ago, he returned to the classroom as a middle school English and Social Studies teacher after many years in the education private sector with Blackboard and Just ASK Publications & Professional Development. Prior to his time in the...
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Episode 40 - There's No One Right Way to Ungrade!
Because ungrading is essentially an emancipatory practice, it cannot be held to one formula or singular standard. Instead, ungrading relies on a robust community of educators to circulate, celebrate, and elevate the practice in its various forms. Lisa Wennerth, welcomes four trailblazing...
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Episode 39 - Hover-free Teaching w/Miriam Plotinsky
Miriam Plotinsky is an author and instructional specialist who addresses challenges in both teaching and leading across schools with a wide range of differentiated needs. A strong advocate for student-centered learning, she provides coaching and professional development for teachers and...
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Episode 38 - Go Out on the Branch! w/Jay Percell
Jay Percell, Ed.D. is an Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University, an author of several academic essays, and a TEDx presenter. Michelle Cottrell-Williams hosts as Jay shares his reasons for moving away from traditional grades and toward a classroom where learning,...
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Episode 24 - Pointless with Sarah M. Zerwin
Sarah M. Zerwin teaches Senior Language Arts and AP Lit at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado, and author of the book Point-Less: An English Teacher’s Guide to More. You can follow her blog The Paper Graders and on twitter at @SarahMZerwin Topics include: What led to the idea that points…
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Episode 23 - College Under COVID-19 - Part 2
This episode is the continuation of my conversation with college educators Maha Bali, Jesse Stommel, and Asao B. Inoue (you can listen to the first half here). As college institutions struggle with the implications of COVID-19, it’s important for them to place equity and access at the center of...
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Episode 22 - College Under COVID-19 - Part 1
In this episode, I sit down with three college educators known for their commitment to creating inclusive, humane educational spaces—both in the classroom and online. All three of them have experimented with different forms of going gradeless as part of this commitment. All three have given...
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Episode 21 - Leading Equity with Dr. Sheldon Eakins
Sheldon L. Eakins, Ph.D. is the founder of the Leading Equity Center and host of the Leading Equity Podcast. With over 11 years in education, he has served as a teacher, principal, and Director of Special Education. Dr. Eakins has a passion for helping educators accomplish equitable practices in...
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Episode 20 - Grading in the New Normal with Jay Percell
As the school year draws to a close and final grades are calculated, it is becoming clear that traditional grading is inequitable. Some students are able to remain engaged while others, for various reasons, cannot. Schools need to provide some form of summative reporting. The question is, “How…
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Episode 19 - "Do No Harm" with Monte Syrie, Dr. Manuel Rustin, and Ken O'Connor
This episode explores "Do No Harm" grading as a response to distance learning in the midst of COVID-19. Educators across the country are experiencing first hand how online distance learning exacerbates inequities in education. Students are struggling with more than access to proper technology and...
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Episode 18 - Grading for Equity during COVID-19 with Joe Feldman
Joe Feldman is the author of Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms (Corwin). Joe has worked in education as a teacher, principal, district administrator, and is now founder of Crescendo Education Group, which since 2013 has supported…
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Episode 17 - Testing, COVID-19, and the College Board with Nate Bowling
Nate Bowling an AP social studies teacher and emigrant to the United Arab Emirates. In his teaching, writing, and advocacy, Nate challenges the politics and policies that impact his students, his classroom, and society at large. Topics include: What prompted Nate to leave Tacoma and take up...
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Episode 16 - School Leadership with Eric Saibel
Eric is a principal at Hall Middle School in Larkspur, CA. Eric is the co-founder of Global School Play Day which is dedicated to promoting the idea that kids learn more when they play. In this episode of TG2Cast Chris and I discuss Progressive Education, what is it, and how teachers interested…
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Episode 15 - Progressive Education with Chris McNutt
Chris is a Social Studies teacher at Global Impact Stem Academy in Springfield, Ohio. Chris is the founder of The Human Restoration Project which is dedicated to promoting Progressive Education. In this episode of TG2Cast Chris and I discuss Progressive Education, what is it, and how teachers...
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Episode 14 - Environmental Learning with Skylar Primm
Skylar is a co-lead teacher and advisor at High Marq Environmental Charter School, the treasurer for Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education, and a fellow of the Greater Madison Writing Project. His teaching practice is grounded in Project-Based Learning that allows education to be used...
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Episode 13 - The Impact of Grades with Jeff Frieden
Jeff is an English Language Arts teacher at Hillcrest High School in Riverside, California. Over his 14 years in teaching, he has taught at 3 high schools, chaired two departments, and served on several different committees. Recently, Jeff decided to use summative conferencing in his class and...
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Episode 12 - Education, Grades, and Liberation with Julia E. Torres
As a teacher/activist, Julia Torres's work is grounded in empowering students to use the Language Arts to fuel resistance and positive social transformation. Ms. Torres facilitates workshops and professional conversations about anti-racist education, social justice, and culturally sustaining...
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Episode 11 - School Culture with Bennett Jester
This episode features an interview with high school student, Bennette Jester, founder of #mygradingstory and author of the website My Grading Story, and advocate of student voice in learning. Topics include: #MyGradingStory Montessori Education Student voice in learning How to motivate students
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Episode 10 - How to Go Gradeless with Andrew Burnett
This episode features an interview with Andrew Burnett, middle school math teacher, author of the website BurnettMath, and advocate of The Thinking Classroom. Topics include: Choosing learning targets Providing feedback Reporting learning to parents without grades Building student metacognition
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Episode 9 - Social Justice Education with Dan Scratch
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. Topics include: Why it is important for students to engage in social justice Building relationships…
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Episode 8 - How to Grade for Learning with Ken O'Connor
Countless educators, including many in Teachers Going Gradeless, consider Ken O'Connor one of the first to introduce them to the idea that traditional grades are “broken” and that a better approach is possible. Ken is an independent consultant and author of the book A Repair Kit for Grading: 15...
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Episode 7 - Playgrounds and Personalization with Mariana Morales Lobo
This episode, I interview Mariana Morales Lobo, who taught high school in Madrid and Barcelona for 15 years, and who now works as a consultant in education, training teachers and helping school leaders implement innovation. One of her main areas of interest is “reinventing playground” spaces,...
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Episode 6 - Motivation with Alfie Kohn
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. Topics include: The difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation How teachers can leverage extrinsic...
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Episode 5 - Grades and the Future of Schools with Benjamin Doxtdator
This episode features an interview with Benjamin Doxtdator, a middle school language arts teacher at an international school in Brussels, Belgium. Benjamin is probably best known for his essays on his blog Longview on Education at longviewoneducation.org. Topics include: How deemphasizing grades...
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Episode 4 - Experts in the Classroom with Starr Sackstein
This episode features an interview with Starr Sackstein, author of the book Peer Feedback in the Classroom and Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School. Topics include: What are peer experts? Why use peer experts? How to implement peer experts in the classroom…
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Episode 3 - Shift This! with Joy Kirr
This episode features an interview with Joy Kirr, author of the book Shift This! How to Implement Gradual Changes for MASSIVE Impact in Your Classroom. Topics include: Why Joy decided to write the book How to create a positive classroom culture Dilemmas of grading and reporting learning How to...
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Episode 2 - Why I Don't Grade with Jesse Stommel
This episode features an interview with Jesse Stommel, Executive Director of the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies at University of Mary Washington. He is Co-founder of Digital Pedagogy Lab and Hybrid Pedagogy: a digital journal of learning, teaching, and technology. In addition to…
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Episode 1 - Providing Feedback to Writers with Patty McGee
This episode features an interview with Patty McGee, author of the book Feedback That Moves Writers Forward. Topics include: How to use the "Power of Three" in feedback. Strategies to help the stuck and reluctant writers The importance of setting writing goals How and when to introduce grammar…
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This is the podcast of Grow Beyond Grades. Each episode we speak to educators who are transforming teaching and learning by grading less. Tune in and learn with us!
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