Will Schlickenmaier
@schlickw.bsky.social
Teacher of international relations and foreign policy. Card carrying member of the Deep State. Dad, husband, Nationals and Hoyas fan, wishing I had more time to write and think. Realist constructivism uber alles.
Super excited for it!
February 12, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Super excited for it!
Parents freak out about this because they want their kids to succeed. You have to show a success pathway that works here. Indeed, in that vein, it would be fascinating to explore charter schools as a space for working through this given both their freedom and relative success rates.
February 12, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Parents freak out about this because they want their kids to succeed. You have to show a success pathway that works here. Indeed, in that vein, it would be fascinating to explore charter schools as a space for working through this given both their freedom and relative success rates.
Last point - I've gone on too long - you need a coalition of credible colleges who would take alternatively graded students, and a coalition of employers - serious, good paying employers - who would take alternatively graded higher ed alums.
February 12, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Last point - I've gone on too long - you need a coalition of credible colleges who would take alternatively graded students, and a coalition of employers - serious, good paying employers - who would take alternatively graded higher ed alums.
Someone like @joshbrake.com who's both from an Evangelical Christian tradition and also thinks about these things seriously I think would be a real value add; I'd look for partners like that so that this doesn't come across like just a group of hippies. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
February 12, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Someone like @joshbrake.com who's both from an Evangelical Christian tradition and also thinks about these things seriously I think would be a real value add; I'd look for partners like that so that this doesn't come across like just a group of hippies. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Finally I think it would be profoundly powerful to have some political and cultural diversity in the group looking at this. Too often, those who consider alternative grading as seen as "too progressive," and Evergreen State activates those profiles from years back on the Intellectual Dark Web
February 12, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Finally I think it would be profoundly powerful to have some political and cultural diversity in the group looking at this. Too often, those who consider alternative grading as seen as "too progressive," and Evergreen State activates those profiles from years back on the Intellectual Dark Web
Every time I engage on alternative grading, the answer is, "it isn't rigorous. It isn't scientific." Starting from a base that grades themselves are NO MORE RIGOROUS OR SCIENTIFIC is a fundamental need to level the playing field and shift the "Overton Window" on the conversation.
February 12, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Every time I engage on alternative grading, the answer is, "it isn't rigorous. It isn't scientific." Starting from a base that grades themselves are NO MORE RIGOROUS OR SCIENTIFIC is a fundamental need to level the playing field and shift the "Overton Window" on the conversation.
Then you need a pathway to overcome the "doubters and haters" - the ones who would say that grades are objective, that you have to have them for admissions, jobs, etc., and that without grades, everything is just "touchy feely."
February 12, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Then you need a pathway to overcome the "doubters and haters" - the ones who would say that grades are objective, that you have to have them for admissions, jobs, etc., and that without grades, everything is just "touchy feely."
I also think that what you need at the outset is not goodness about alternative grading structures, but a more powerful case for why the current grading construct is both just that, a social construct, and is actively detrimental to learning outcomes.
February 12, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I also think that what you need at the outset is not goodness about alternative grading structures, but a more powerful case for why the current grading construct is both just that, a social construct, and is actively detrimental to learning outcomes.
Count me in! I've been looking at this both in higher ed and elementary schools, and I think those of us who are potential practitioners need support to make the case.
February 12, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Count me in! I've been looking at this both in higher ed and elementary schools, and I think those of us who are potential practitioners need support to make the case.
January 31, 2024 at 3:30 PM
We all have to take that up. That we’re trying — that we’re trying. That’s all we can say.”
She thought for a few seconds quietly, and then spoke again. “I think that’s what community is — coming together and saying: ‘I’m vulnerable, just like you are. I’m trying. I’m not going to leave you alone.’”
She thought for a few seconds quietly, and then spoke again. “I think that’s what community is — coming together and saying: ‘I’m vulnerable, just like you are. I’m trying. I’m not going to leave you alone.’”
January 22, 2024 at 10:37 PM
We all have to take that up. That we’re trying — that we’re trying. That’s all we can say.”
She thought for a few seconds quietly, and then spoke again. “I think that’s what community is — coming together and saying: ‘I’m vulnerable, just like you are. I’m trying. I’m not going to leave you alone.’”
She thought for a few seconds quietly, and then spoke again. “I think that’s what community is — coming together and saying: ‘I’m vulnerable, just like you are. I’m trying. I’m not going to leave you alone.’”