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Grades are the bureaucratic ouroboros of education. https://www.jessestommel.com/ungrading-an-faq/ #ungrading
Grades (and institutional rankings) are currency for a capitalist system that reduces teaching and learning to a mere transaction. https://www.jessestommel.com/why-i-dont-grade/ #ungrading
When I first taught online, I encountered the horror that is the grade book inside most learning management systems, which reduces students (often color coding them) into mere rows in a spreadsheet. https://www.jessestommel.com/if-bell-hooks-made-an-lms-grades-radical-openness-and-domain-of-ones-own/ #ungrading
Ungrading works better when a teacher feels they can fully own their pedagogical approach (which requires administrators and institutions to defend the academic freedom of teachers, especially adjuncts). https://www.jessestommel.com/how-to-ungrade/ #ungrading
Why do we grade? How does it feel to be graded? What do we want grading to do (or not do) in our classes (whether as students or teachers)? https://www.jessestommel.com/ungrading-a-bibliography/