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Starting over again
Starting over again. Tomorrow morning marks the 5th time that I’ve started over with a new school. So, today I felt like reflecting on these changes. Getting Started I got my start in music education in 1988. Northampton County Schools interviewed me and hired me on the spot. I was filled with dreams and thoroughly…
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Repair Kit For Grading 4
Repair Kit For Grading 4. This is the fourth part of a review of Ken O’Connor‘s, “A Repair Kit For Grading, 15 Fixes for Broken Grades“. My last post covered “fixes 7 – 11“. This post will be looking at “Fixes 12 – 15”. Fix 12 Don’t include zeros in grade determination when evidence is…
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Repair Kit For Grading 3
Repair Kit For Grading 3. This is the third part of a review of Ken O’Connor‘s, “A Repair Kit For Grading, 15 Fixes for Broken Grades“. My last post covered “fixes 4 – 6“. This post will be looking at “Fixes 7 – 11”. Fix 7 Don’t organize information in grading records by assessment methods…
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Repair Kit For Grading 2
Repair Kit For Grading 2. This is the second part of a review of Ken O’Connor‘s, “A Repair Kit For Grading, 15 Fixes for Broken Grades“. My last post covered “fixes 1 – 3“. Today I’ll be looking at “fixes 4 – 6”. Fix #4 Don’t punish academic dishonesty with reduced grades; apply other consequences…
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Repair Kit For Grading
Repair Kit For Grading. This post is the first part of a book review of Ken O’Connor‘s, “A Repair Kit For Grading, 15 Fixes for Broken Grades“. O’Connor identifies 15 different areas where he believes that grades are “broken”. He then gives strategies that would “fix” the problem. Today I’ll be looking at the first…
