#Grading

My kid started Jr. High last week. He couldn't stop talking about how much he loved his History teacher.This afternoon we found him in tears, overcome by stress and self-doubt.
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Since students are now adamant on their demand of SAGs, I thought about looking at the Cambridge Guidelines on SAGs this year. I'm not advocating for or against the demand,
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you know what?I think as much as all the analysis about lighting & color grading in the MCU that leads to shots like this is super significant, there's probably an
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We aren't allowed to grade for "participation" in class here (which is good IMO), but I do have "colleague points" that changes the culture of the classroom, creates co-learning, and
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every like this tweet gets i will recommend a movie portrait of a lady on fire: it’s honestly the most beautiful film that i’ve ever seen. seeing a film about
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Earlier this year many NHL teams released some of the most pitiful statements on BLM i've ever read. and that got me thinking: what makes a good statement? i decided
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As debate grows over the vital task of teacher assessment for the 2020 exam series, some sensitive arguments will emerge about fairness, selection & biasing some children over another. It
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Being a PhD student during this pandemic has left me completely jaded and questioning ‘what is the point?’ and ‘is everything performative?’ Thread 1/? In the next 10 days I
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Are teachers acknowledging that our ability to excel in online teaching may depend on privilege like having dedicated space, money to buy additional tools, resources to make other aspects of
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The #UWSystem is making it easier for students to enroll this fall by reducing application fees, accepting unofficial HS transcripts & holding students harmless for changes in admissions testing, grading
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HAPPENING NOW: United PUP, the broad alliance of PUP organizations, is conducting an Online Consultation for 10 PUP Demands Campaign. Said campaign highlights the call for #LigtasBalikEskwela. After discussing the
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Last week was a whirlwind. We did the best we could to manage the impossible; 2 full time jobs & 3 kids distance learning. And we were surviving, but that’s
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I’ve been practicing color grading recently and i’d like to share the results: the highlights are a little blown out in final image but i still think it turned out
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I just finally got to listen to Mary Trump's @MaryLTrump book on audible last night and today while grading (still grading) . Something stood out in the last about
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A few thoughts on academic hours and 4 day weeks. I’m all for the latter where it works, but it often won’t for academics because our research work can’t be
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Just a reminder that the problem with the academic job market is not that there are "too many PhDs." The problem is that universities are working really hard to eliminate
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