Episode 7: Grades - A Love / Hate Relationship

Larry Geni is joined by Carl Brownell, Social Studies Department Chair at Maine East High School.  They discuss the damage grades do to student’s internal motivation to learn, and how to minimize that damage.  In addition, they discuss the task of eliminating points from the classroom; the proper function of tests; the importance of remediation; the issues of grades and “honors” and “regular” tracked classrooms; and the promise of grade conferences.