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Mohammed, middle school social studies teacher “Rubrics were essential. I’ve realized that the expectation isn’t always clear for students. I might know exactly what I want the [...]

Elisa, high school health teacher “I offer retakes on tests or major projects. When I first told the students, some were surprised and some were confused, and some were relieved because they had [...]

Danny, middle school humanities teacher “I stopped including students’ classwork performance in the grade. I let them know that we do classwork, and I expect them to do it, because it will help [...]

Melia, high school art teacher “I have actually gone out of my way to tell the kids that I’m not going to be grading them down for cell phone use or other behaviors, but I do have a lot [...]

Theresa, middle school humanities teacher “There’s a lot of stuff I don’t put into the grade book now, but it was kind of a slow progression. At the beginning of the year I still had [...]

Jessica, middle school humanities teacher “I’ve worked with kids who are very privileged whom you don’t need to teach and they’re going to find a way to succeed. And then I [...]