Reimagined Schools is Back! Welcome back to a new school year, filled with the promise of transformative education strategies! There’s something magical about the start of school, don’t you think? […]
The Importance of Transferable Skills and Content Knowledge in Education When I was describing the characteristics of Learning Progressions, I said that “Content is the Vehicle not the Destination.” But […]
From Earning to Learning is the podcast where shares research backed philosophies, thoughts on student engagement and classroom tested techniques that can help move students towards learning. Julie Stern (@JulieHStern) […]
The end of the school year fast approaches. All of the final attempts have been scored. Aren’t you curious about the results? Well, let’s go through them: lab, project, and […]
This week I worked with a professor from NJCU, in order to develop her practices and learning progressions. For the sake of transparency, this professor happens to be my mother, […]
Going Gradeless is out! I received my copy and honestly, it was surreal. I was expecting a pamphlet, not this weighty book. A real book! With pages! I know this […]
I am often confronted by curious people asking why traditional grading using points is a worse evaluation method than the scoring in the Going Gradeless approach. And, I say: it’s […]
I talk a lot about labs. I am aware that it may be a turn-off to those of you who aren’t science teachers, since you don’t use that type of […]
I had just finished scoring lab reports from my Advanced Placement class. My thoughts were pretty negative: Why they are still performing at the same level as in September? Why […]
Does this conversation sound familiar? Student: “I want to do better in this class.” Teacher: What does “better” mean? Student: “I want an A.” Teacher: What does an A look […]
