2020 Mary Peake Award for Excellence in Education Equity recipient. Lover of 📚 and ✈️ Tweets represent my own opinions.
Ellicott City, MD
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We cannot separate personal and professional development. when we make decisions we must ask ourselves is this coming from a place of fear, scarcity, or lack? As educators, we make decisions that impact lives. Our power is great. What we must ask ourselves see thread…
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🎬 Automating Expertise Assessment: Explore ChatGPT’s role in equitable grading with @EquitySmith & @BrentGWarner
🔗 To Watch full interview: Visit crescendoedgroup.org/testimo…
#ExpertiseAssessment #GradingForEquity #FourLevelsOfExpertise #ChatGPTAutomation #EducationalInnovation
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🎬 Fostering Equitable Grading Practices
In an insightful interview, PhD @EquitySmith speaks with Professor @BrentGWarner about the transformative impact of #gradingforequity 👉Watch the full interview here: crescendoedgroup.org/testimo…
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📣 New Blog: How to Build Teacher Buy-In for Equitable Grading. 5 actionable strategies for school leaders to gain teacher support and foster sustainable, transformative change. #GradingForEquity #EdLeaders #EducationForAll #GradingPractices #Teachers crescendoedgroup.org/blog/bl…
When I started working to improve grading in my school and district 7 years ago, I was surprised to find this convo was not new🤦🏽♀️ Change is difficult work. Shoutout those who have worked tirelessly on this front. crescendoedgroup.org/blog/eq… @rickwormeli2 @kenoc7 @DouglasReeves
Quote of the week. “You don’t have to intend racism to ACCOMPLISH it..” -Dr. Eric Dyson -There are racist practices. Instead of doubling down in ignorance learn from it. Make amends. Move forward differently.
You haven’t pulled all the levers to favorably impact student outcomes if you haven’t examined your school or district’s grading practices. @CrescendoEdGrp Read more:
crescendoedgroup.org/blog/eq…
Growing up my grades said I was average at best. Ppl looked at my grades and judged me. In turn I judged myself. Never got invited to take an AP course. I want ppl to start critically examining grades. Read if you want to learn @CrescendoEdGrp crescendoedgroup.org/blog/eq…
To all my sisSTARS. I love you. Your name matters. It’s not to hard for people who care and respect you to call you by it. CORRECTLY
Today I have the privilege to be in beautiful West Covina , Ca. @WestCovinaUSD with teachers and leaders. We will be working together all year to shift practices. @CrescendoEdGrp
Our work is data driven. Check out this latest white paper.
📢 Just Released: “Can We Trust the Transcript?” 📢
60% grade-test score mismatch in 33k+ grades
Disparities hit minority and low-income students hardest
Equitable grading = more accurate grades, fewer Ds and Fs
t.ly/-11BU
#Education #GradingReform #Equity
The leaders of @CvilleSchools working to normalize conversations about grading! @CrescendoEdGrp
We don’t get to hangout like this often but it’s always a great time when we get to present together and learn from teachers working on making grades that are accurate, bias-resistant and motivational @JoeCFeldman @CrescendoEdGrp
Today we did double duty in @AlbuquerquePub1 teachers shared their experiences with more equitable grading. Next we completed our final workshop for the year.
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I am so humbled & grateful to be part of this lineup in #streetdatapod. In our podcast conversation we used important language and lenses that unfortunately are often rare in education spaces.
When 3/4 of the #StreetDataPod team meets in person! Do you listen to SDP? Hop on for Season 4, starting 3/21, with 4 AMAZING guests!
- Gloria Ladson-Billings @gjladson
- Jo Chrona @luudisk
- Django Paris @django_paris
- Joe Feldman @JoeCFeldman
w/ Alcine_Envision @mayitacuevita
"Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up." — James Belasco and Ralph Stayer.
Join us!
What has the past 5 years taught us about improving grading to be more accurate, more bias-resistant, & more motivating? Join me & @EquitySmith to discuss! us.corwin.com/events/webinar…
A teacher just said, “You were never teaching soft skills, you were just punishing kids for not having them. I felt that.
Last week @CrescendoEdGrp had the distinct honor of working with @AlbuquerquePub1 district leaders. Strategic visioning about how to support teachers on making grading a more accurate reflection of students learning is essential. @JoeCFeldman – at Maryland, USA
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THIS IS AN EYE OPENER.Equitable Grading makes for a better teaching and learning experience for all. Its time to rething grading as you'll learnn. Please listen to Joe Feldman and Dr. Shantha Smith of @CrescendoEdGrp at tinyurl.com/4ea6er2x