I am too exhausted to care about other standards of perfection, like grades. Insecure in my personal life, I give up trying at school because I can’t bear being judged anymore. @GBGEdu @growbeyondgrades.org growbeyondgrades.org/blog/degradi...

Bending The Arc late September edition is out! Highlighting student writing and continuing to beat the AI-critical drum: Shout outs to @eryk.bsky.social @growbeyondgrades.org @unicef.org 🙏🏾 bendingthearcnewsletter.blog/2025/09/21/b...

Beautiful piece!

Congratulations Sharlyn! It was a pleasure to see this piece develop and now featured on @growbeyondgrades.org. Bookmark this insightful essay for high schoolers struggling with how they measure up on externally determined scales.

Our second Growth, Not Grades winner is Sharlyn Barrett 🎉 Sharlyn writes how chasing perfection — whether pounds on a scale or letters on a page — left her ready to give up. She imagines an education that values growth and self-acceptance. Read and share! growbeyondgrades.org/blog/degradi...

I want my learning to be measured by how much I’ve grown, how deeply I’ve understood, and how boldly I’ve tried, not just by the shape of the letter at the top of the page. @GBGEdu @growbeyondgrades.org growbeyondgrades.org/blog/a-lette...

Such a wonderful essay, love seeing when students get how there are better ways to learn!

With the phrase going gradeless, we hope to express the idea of moving—gradually or rapidly—away from the pernicious influence of grades, and toward more humane and effective methods of assessment and feedback. growbeyondgrades.org/start

“Why focus on how to improve when the verdict has already been delivered?” 📫 High school senior, Subhiksha Sreeram, describes the way grades cut off real learning. Her essay A Letter to Letters is the first of three winners in our Growth, Not Grades contest. growbeyondgrades.org/blog/a-lette...

Such a great opportunity for students to share their voice and have their experiences impact education in the future!! #ungrading

🕐 ONE WEEK LEFT! Students: How have grades—or the lack of them—shaped your learning or growth? All genres & formats welcome ✍️ Cash prizes 💸 Chance to be published 📚 growbeyondgrades.org/contest #gradeless #ungrading #growbeyondgrades @humanrestorationproject.org @gotlearning.bsky.social

✍️ PLEASE SHARE WITH HS & COLLEGE-AGE STUDENTS! How have grades—or the experience of learning without them—influenced your learning, growth, or personal journey? All genres and formats welcome! @humrespro.bsky.social @gotlearning.bsky.social #gradeless #growbeyondgrades growbeyondgrades.org/contest

✍️ PLEASE SHARE WITH HS & COLLEGE-AGE STUDENTS! How have grades—or the experience of learning without them—influenced your learning, growth, or personal journey? All genres and formats welcome! @humrespro.bsky.social @gotlearning.bsky.social #gradeless #growbeyondgrades growbeyondgrades.org/contest

Rewilding higher education ... reflections on @drcathyelliott.bsky.social 's inaugrual lecture from me and Connie Gillies mcompton.uk/2025/04/02/r...

ANNOUNCING AN ESSAY CONTEST FOR HS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS!!! 🚀 How have grades—or the experience of learning without them—influenced your learning, growth, or personal journey? Please share w/interested students! @gotlearning.bsky.social #ungrading #growbeyondgrades growbeyondgrades.org/contest?123

When the way we assess gets in the way of our being able to measure what we want to assess, the way we assessed can be said to be a ‘confounding variable.’ @leeannjung.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/univers...

Is it too much to imagine schools where students’ learning, growth, strengths, and identities can be acknowledged, celebrated, even shared—without the stifling influences of standardization and measurement? @achiaravalli.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/we-need...

Amazing Student Power Summit in Ohio! I’ve learned so much the last couple days and was honored to be a presenter! It was great to meet a couple of huge inspirations on my #ungrading journey, @johannabrown.bsky.social and @achiaravalli.bsky.social! I wouldn’t be where I am w/o @growbeyondgrades.org!

The TG2 community was my entry into progressive education systems & so many friendships I've held dear to this day. Many years, a career change, and TG2's own transformation into @growbeyondgrades.org later, the @humrespro.bsky.social gang finally got to hang out with @achiaravalli.bsky.social!

Flying to Columbus this morning, getting picked up by @mcnuttedu.bsky.social & @cnastase.bsky.social, & headed to Learning InspirEd's Student Power Summit! @humrespro.bsky.social will be presenting & touring some great Ohio schools! 🤘 www.learninspired.org/events/summit

In order to make the case for going gradeless in our classrooms, we also have to shine a light on the ways in which traditional grading practices are inequitable. @josheyler.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/danger-...

Nuevo podcast @professinotas.bsky.social 📣 Hoy 3 estudiantes de Bachillerato @learnlife.bsky.social nos hablan de su autonomía, su pasión por aprender y su sentido de comunidad. No os perdáis este nuevo episodio inspirador sinnotas.es/2025/03/01/e...

Research for many years has shown that SET are biased against the most marginalized groups of faculty—women, people of color, international faculty, etc. @plthomasedd.bsky.social growbeyondgrades.org/blog/sets-fa...

Remember, cheating existed long before AI. The real question is, are we creating an environment where we increase distrust? @martc.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/ai-asse...

Even if we can no longer defend take home long form writing for summative assessments that does not mean that long form writing no longer has a role in life, in thinking, in learning, in assessment. The essay isn't dead but maybe its role as proxy for judgement is approaching retirement

Learning is a journey of exploration, experimentation, and growth—one that begins long before and extends far beyond any moment of quantifiable success. —Lisa Wennerth www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/rethink...

As I became more sure of the desired impact I wanted in the classroom, I became less sure of the pedagogy that would lead students there. @davefrangiosa.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/the-ped...

Pues ya hemos enviado nuestra contribución (con @bpalop.bsky.social ) a @growbeyondgrades.org donde hemos reflexionado sobre nuestros 3 años de podcast @professinotas.bsky.social. Con ganas de leer ahora las aportaciones de los demás compañeros

Vámonooooooos!!! 🎉

The Multi-Tier System of Sustaining Strengths and Support (MT4S) model underscores a shift from remediation to celebration, from navigating learning barriers to paving pathways for success. @davidekirkland.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/mt4s-st...

On the century-long fantasy of replacing teachers with machines, and the utter contempt for people it demonstrates to be touting this vision right now 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/automated-co...

If teachers are depleting their energy reserves trying to create as many activities as there are learners, then they won’t have the energy to actually implement instruction. —Paul Emerich France www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/persona...

Which discourses “win out” and why? What are consequences of this for our linguistically diverse students? @karismjones.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/digital...

What can we build while they are busy destroying?

What Gavin started two years ago as an informal community made up of a handful of concerned community college presidents has grown into a network of roughly 500 college administrators and higher ed association leaders

High school and higher ed students can write about #grades and #ungrading and win a monetary prize! @growbeyondgrades.org is holding a student essay contest! #EduSky growbeyondgrades.org/contest

Please let it be known that millions of educators across the country would welcome an Alt Department of Education account here on Bluesky! #EduSky #AcademicSky

📢 ANNOUNCING AN ESSAY CONTEST FOR HS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS!!! 🚀 How have grades—or the experience of learning without them—influenced your learning, growth, or personal journey? Please share w/interested students! @gotlearning.bsky.social #ungrading #growbeyondgrades growbeyondgrades.org/contest?123

I just enjoyed the most wonderful 75 minutes with brilliant, committed, compassionate colleagues! Thank you so much @growbeyondgrades.org and @achiaravalli.bsky.social ! The topic was #ungrading, but so much more!

Starting in just over an hour! If you still would like to join us, here's the direct link. We'll let you in if your email doesn't look too suspicious! Video call link: meet.google.com/zqy-orhm-krb

🚀 Excited for another Community Gathering tomorrow, Saturday, February 15! Connect with authors from our forthcoming book, engage with ideas on gradeless assessment, and help shape their work! RSVP here: growbeyondgrades.org/events/15feb25-community-gathering #Ungrading #GrowBeyondGrades

La evaluación o es inclusiva o carece de validez

I got here just after the building opened at 8 and I'm about 120th in line to get into Linda McMahon's Senate confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Building. 🤞 Ton of NEA folks here too, great group!

I’ve been encouraged to find colleagues who are interested in thinking about what gradelessness might look like ‘at scale,’ as a structural feature instead of a ‘hack.’ @karismjones.bsky.social growbeyondgrades.org/blog/reclaiming-gradeless

A care-centered approach to feedback may better enable the complexity, wonderment, relationality, and potential of feedback as a socially-just process that involves the whole person. @ameenapayne.bsky.social & @janmcarthur.bsky.social growbeyondgrades.org/blog/care-full-feedback

I'm writing about our school-wide move to grading less through SBG & student self-assessment. I'd love you're feedback! #EduSky

"The overall goal of education should be to develop self-motivated and curiosity-driven learners, and exams simply do not prepare students for a rewarding intellectual life outside the classroom." @gregpask.bsky.social www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/why-no-...

Looking forward to this! Gonna be talking about a part of my ungrading journey I’ve yet to write about.

📢 We're writing a book! 📖✨ But instead of working in silence, we’re inviting our community to be part of the process. Join our Community Gathering on Feb. 15 (11 AM–12 PM ET)! 📚 RSVP here! growbeyondgrades.org/events/15feb...

Learning is a journey of exploration, experimentation, and growth—one that begins long before and extends far beyond any moment of quantifiable success. -Lisa Wennerth www.growbeyondgrades.org/blog/rethink...