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167 - What Students Believe About Grades
Episode 167
What do students believe grades are supposed to do? In this episode, Sharona and Boz explore that question through three recent articles written by s…
an hour ago
166 - How Do We Make Grading Reform Stick? The Five P's
Episode 166
With grading reform receiving increasing attention across both K–12 and higher education, how do we turn growing interest into change that actually l…
1 week ago
165 - Go on Offense: Make It About Learning, An Interview with John Warner
Episode 165
When students can outsource much of their schoolwork to generative AI, is the answer to make assignments harder to cheat on? Or is it to make learnin…
2 weeks ago
164 - MIT Says It's Time to Rethink Grading
Episode 164
What happens when one of the world’s leading technology institutions concludes that responding to generative AI requires more than deciding when stud…
3 weeks ago
163 - Can Alternative Grading Work with 300 Students? An Interview with Jordan Kostiuk
Episode 163
What does alternative grading look like when your class has 300 students—and what happens when generative AI forces you to rethink a system that had …
4 weeks ago
162 - What if First-Semester Grades Didn't Count?
Episode 162
What happens when a university responds to concerns about grades not by limiting A’s, but by making first-semester grades largely disappear? In this …
1 month ago
161 - MathFest 2026 Rountable: Challenges, Questions, and New Directions
Episode 161
Recorded live at MathFest 2026 in Boston, this special episode brings together mathematics faculty from institutions across the country for a wide-ra…
1 month, 1 week ago
160 - Schoolishness, AI and the Future of Education: A conversation with Dr. Susan D. Blum.
Episode 160
What if the biggest challenge facing education isn't grading—but our assumptions about school itself? In this episode, Sharona and Boz welcome anthro…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
159 - The Birth of Specs Grading: A Conversation with Linda Nilson
Episode 159
Few people have had a greater influence on the alternative grading movement than Linda Nilson. In this episode, Sharona and Boz welcome the author of…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
158 - Reflection is the Real Revision: Six Years of Standards-Based Grading
Episode 158
Alternative grading systems are never really finished. They evolve as instructors learn more about their students, their courses, and their own teach…
2 months ago