Failing our future : how grades harm students, and what we can do about it /

This book demonstrates both the harmful effects of our grade-obsessed culture and shows how we could do things differently.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eyler, Joshua (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2024].
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. What is a grade? And other important questions
  • 1. The race nobody can win : grades as obstacles to motivation and learning
  • 2. Helicopters, lawnmowers and stealth fighters : parents and the pressure to get good grades
  • 3. The weight of their world : grades and the mental health crisis in America
  • 4. Mirror, mirror on the wall : how grades reflect and extend inequities
  • 5. Building up and bouncing back : what parents can do at home
  • 6. Reinventing education : how teachers are exploring new approaches to grades and grading in the classroom
  • 7. Climbing mountains : changing our schools, colleges, and universities
  • Epilogue. A future without letters?