Episode 01: Jesse Stommel: Why Grades Fail Us

Educator and writer Jesse Stommel explains the whys and hows of Ungrading. Afterwards, he plays a special edition of Two Truths and a Lie in our The 5-Minute Game Show. Then hear middle school teacher Leora Smith’s funny story about the perils of grading as we go In the Trenches. The episode is “sponsored” by Grades Be Gone.

Special Thanks to our guests Jesse Stommel and Leora Smith, our Grades Be Gone actors, Rachel Bookstein, Naftali Bookstein, Ami Korn, Tuvia Frankel, Yossie Frankel (Also our announcer) and the wonderful band Distant Cousins for our theme song, Raise it Up.

Educator and writer Jesse Strommel explains the whys and hows of Ungrading. Afterwards, he plays a special edition of Two Truths and a Lie in our 5 Minute Game Show. Then hear middle school teacher Leora Smith's funny story about the perils of grading as we go In the Trenches.

Want to know more about Ungrading:

Things Fall Apart Podcast on Making the Switch to Ungrading

HPR’s Ungrading Handbook

HPR’s Grading is not Equal to Assessment (great tool for alternative ideas)

Gradeless Why Sheet (can be shared with parents)