I had the pleasure of talking with Matt Townsley and Nathan Wear about their new book, Making Grades Matter. During this episode, they provide an overview and discuss how the strategies and lessons they've learned can help secondary educators in a PLC get started implementing standards-based grading. Making Grades Matter: Standards-Based Grading in…

Are the teacher-student relationships in your classroom and your school yielding two years growth in one year of time? Educator and author, Greg Wolcott and I sit down to discuss his new book, Significant 72, and why creating a psychologically safe yet intellectually stimulating classroom environment is the only way students can be successful in sc…

Whether your new to standards-based learning or looking to refine your game, Merri Beth and Josh cover everything in this episode from educator mindset to community buy-in, retakes, and homework. Idea, people, and resources mentioned in this episode: Lee Ann Jung - @leeannjung Lisa Westman - @lisa_westman https://otus.com/ - Otus is designed for K-…

Jon Bartelt is the Superintendent at Bloomingdale School District 13, serving over 1,300 K-8 students and their families in northeast DuPage County in Illinois. On this episode we discuss the implementation of Bloomingdale's standards-based learning initiative (SBL). Topics include homework vs. practice, getting staff and community buy-in for SBL, …

Rushton is the founder and executive director of Next Vista for Learning, which houses a free library of videos by and for teachers and students at NextVista.org. His graduate research at Stanford University included using speech recognition technology with beginning students of Japanese in computer-based role-playing scenarios for developing langu…

Scott's bio Latest Book: Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning We also discussed: Different Schools for a Different World Resources for the "4 Shifts Protocol" Scott's website

SHOW NOTES - Access to ideas for incorporating critical creativity in your classroom (link) - Critical Creativity Facebook Group (link) - Connect with educators on Twitter interested in #criticalcreativity and #rigorouswhimsy - Pick up a copy of "Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom" Includes foreword by Howard Rheingold, a Creativity Cr…

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SHOW NOTES Join the conversation by posting questions for our guests on Twitter using #ModernMeasures Join our community page on Facebook http://bit.ly/ModernMeasuresCommunity Books Rik Mentions Make It Stick - Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel (link) Daring Greatly - Brene Brown (link) Dare to Lead - Brene Brown (link) #SBLch…