I stepped into this session late due to my chat with David Jakes (see previous post) and I just heard a comment that interested me.
Someone said that learning does not stop after a term/semester/year ends, so why do we grade/schedule that way. Someone (maybe same person) said we need to stop using gradebooks as a weapon against kids.
David Jakes popped up and began to ask why the physical makeup of school is done the way it is. Why is it always the 6×5 grid (hypothetically) and why not more flexible.
Chris just said that we needed to open the walls up and become more transparent, admit things will go wrong, and then take care of teachers when they do. Nice.
Not too many notes from this one, I was working on catching up, but some great conversation
