Our facts are fiction. That “A” may not be all that it seems. That “C” could be a “B” in the room down the hall. That “mastery” becomes mystery when it fails to endure. That “F” is a fable with no moral. At some point we have to own that we may be unreliable narrators.#Project180

The "Pointless Practice Path." You can't expect kids to do practice if you don't assign points. Sure you can. The point is not having a score in the book but in discovering the value in the practice. Seems like learning. Let them discover. #NoGradeNovember21

Unsure of what to read next Red River High School? Gobble🦃 up one of these Staff Picks📚for the month of November!🍁🍂 Brooke Goodwin Mr. Moldenhauer’s Class Eric Sanders #ridersread #staffpicks #checkusout #readmorebooks

Some books we read this week. By conservative estimate, I’d say at least 10 my my students have read The Way I Used To Be so far this year. One endorsement: “It was good enough that I read the whole way through the book. Like quickly. Kinda weird…”

The holidays shouldn’t be a time to recharge. They should be a time to celebrate. If work is exhausting people to the point that they’re using their time off to recover, you might have a burnout culture. A healthy organization doesn’t leave people drained in the first place.

This teacher finally stopped using rubrics after realizing that trying to tweak them was a fool's errand. Once she looked at how "students as *people* interact with them," she saw that rubrics inherently "make education less human": is.gd/fESSda

From the mouths of babes… #engchat #edchat #aplang #aplangchat #aplit #aplitchat

When I was a high school English teacher, I was constantly blown away by how willing and how eager my students were to grapple with the difficult topics and questions that arose from books we read. Young people are capable of far more than many adults often give them credit for.

Grading experts recommend that student grades only be used “to communicate student learning.” Not “to motivate.” Not “to punish.” This change and focus is largely what grading reform is all about. #edchat

When people tell me that they want to get back into reading but can’t seem to find THAT BOOK, I have some go-to recs based on what made them love reading in the first place — here are 56 of them 🧵

Overheard today in class: "This is actually the most book I've ever read in my entire life."

Hot take: If you view assessments results as just grades to give students instead of feedback for how well you provided learning, you're probably doing it wrong. That is all.

Stop chasing achievement with so much energy. Chase engagement instead. Little or no engagement = Little or no achievement gains. Every time. The good news is we can design for engagement to happen. Not entertainment, engagement. Make it a part of your Tier 1.

Grades can provide some useful extrinsic motivation--something helpful in the short-term. But this won’t lead them to the deep learning & long-lasting knowledge & skills we want for them. That deep learning comes from intrinsic motivation--something beyond the scope of grades.

1 reassesssment mistake, according to Thomas Guskey: “Asking students to independently correct their learning errors is like saying to students, ‘I tried my best to teach you, but I wasn’t successful. So now it’s up to you to learn on your own!’” ascd.org/el/articles/gi… via ASCD

In one of the most notable moments in sports history, Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was just a few feet from the finish line, but became confused with the signage and stopped thinking he had completed the race. A Spanish athlete, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him, and after

What happens when young people actually read “disturbing” books? Worthy read. Thanks, Donna Santman. tcpress.com/blog/young-peo….

Helpful reminder here (And thanks to Kelly Gallagher for the original posting reference to this): In his new piece, The Broken Logic of "Sold a Story," (will post link right after this), Tom Newkirk offers robust research and reasoned perspective. At one point, he quotes a

LEADERS!!! Ask more QUESTIONS and make more COMMENTS that support who THEY WANT YOU BE…not who you think THEY SHOULD BE. Just got to take care of each other. #1minwalk2work #LeadFromWhereYouAre #CraftingTheCulture #HackingLeadership