7 Reasons Why It’s Okay that I’m Not Evaluating My Students Anymore

At the spring semester of 2013, I stopped evaluating my students’ work. Their final grades now reflect the growth students have achieved toward goals they set for themselves rather than mastery toward the standards that guide my curriculum. … Read More

Summer 2021 Goals Report

As I write this, I have to report back to work for school year 21-22 in 19 days. I have fewer than three weeks of summer left. That feels like hardly anything. I turn to my summer goals… Read More

Weekends without school work? Is it actually possible?

This post was also published on The Paper Graders. Yes! It IS possible to have weekends without school work. We’re several weeks into second semester, and somehow I’ve succeeded in not having to do any school work on… Read More