Time to Get Rid of Grades? What Exactly Stands in the Way?

11/19/14 • 11 min

Our guests are behind an initiative to get scrap grades. Can we achieve academic goals without grades? What are the obstacles? Follow @mssackstein @markbarnes19 @NancyFlanagan @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork Mark Barnes is a teacher and author of five education books, including Assessment 3.0: Throw Out Your Grade Book and Inspire Learning (due in February). Starr Sackstein, MJE, JEA New York State Director / High school educator, author, reformer, recovering perfectionist. Nancy Flanagan is a retired teacher, with 31 years as a K-12 Music specialist in the Hartland, Michigan schools. She is co-founder of the Network of Michigan Educators and her blog, Teacher in a Strange Land.

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Squeezing Social-Emotion Learning into The Common Core

Our guests argue that social and emotional learning must precede numeracy and literacy. Tune in as we talk about how teachers can find ways to balance these needs in the current educational climate. Follow @sonnymagana @andycinek @InnovativeEdu @bodymindchild @bamradionetwork Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D. is Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Psychology Department, Rutgers University, Academic Director of Rutgers Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships Program; author of e-book, "Emotionally Intelligent Parenting". Ed Dunkelblau, Ph.D., Director of the Institute for Emotionally Intelligent Learning and Past president of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. Melanie Link Taylor teaches both general ed. and Special Ed. Blog MzTeachuh.blogspot.com. Jason Flom is the Director of Learning Platforms at Q.E.D. Founda- tion where he works to cultivate, inspire and build learning communities dedicated to transformational learning practices. He is also a former elementary school teacher and the Founding Publisher of Ecology of Education, a multi-author education blog.

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