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Theresa is a progressive English teacher and department chairperson who looks to make human connections with all her students and teachers.

A Student's View: Perspectives on a Gradeless and Growth-Centered Classroom

March 3, 2025

Sofia is an 8th grade student in Theresa Walter's English Class on Long Island, NY. Sofia is in her second year of an ungrading experience in the English Language Arts in her school. Theresa is a teacher, and also the Department Chair who has supported her teachers' shift to a feedback-centered growth practice. The two sit down to reflect on the practice and its implications in their lives.

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April 22, 2024

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October 20, 2021

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The Surprise Growth in an Ungrading Practice: My Own

August 5, 2021

I found more growth in my own practice than I ever anticipated in my first full year of abandoning traditional grading systems.

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Gradeless: An English Teacher’s Journey Towards Agency Through Feedback

March 19, 2021

I knew I wanted to do my best to represent student growth in the most accurate way I possibly could. While I know my methods are far from perfect, I have seen remarkable growth and a complete shift in focus in my students.

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I think there's a common misconception that school is the only thing that matters. And the school system makes a lot of people feel like if they're not doing the best academically or kind of meeting the limit, then maybe they're not going to do as well later in life or maybe there's something wrong with them. I feel like that's a whole, really incorrect kind of idea that's perpetuated by the school system.

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