Best Kelsie Paul Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 56 - Where the Learning Happens w/Mike Rutherford 44:03

5M ago44:03

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Mike Rutherford is the founder of gotLearning, an EdTech company that revolutionizes learning conversations between teachers and students while using generative AI and Natural Language Processing to analyze large amounts of student learning data. Mike’s passion for education and technology stems from a diverse career as a teacher, technology direct…

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Episode 55 - Multimodal Composition w/Angela Stockman 34:51

6M ago34:51

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Angela Stockman is an instructor in the Department of Education at Daemen University in Amherst, New York. The author of several books on multiliteracy instruction, she is regularly invited to lead curriculum and assessment design work in K-12 schools, where she has also facilitated the shift to standards based grading and reporting. A former publi…

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Episode 54 - Centering Student Strengths w/Dr. Kelsie Reed 37:12

7M ago37:12

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Dr. Kelsie Reed is a nationally certified school psychologist serving elementary and middle schools in Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland. She is the co-author of Hacking Deficit Thinking, a book that outlines eight practical reframes for fostering strength-based schools. As the founder of the Strength-Based Collective, Dr. Reed provid…

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Episode 53 - Does Testing Miss the Mark? w/Akil Bello 39:57

8M ago39:57

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Our guest on the Grow Beyond Grades podcast is Akil Bello, an expert in educational access with over 30 years of experience. Akil began his career as a test proctor in 1990 and has since held roles from CEO to consultant, working to improve outcomes for underserved students. As the founding partner of Bell Curves, Akil focused on helping underrepre…

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Episode 52 - Paul Emerich France 33:46

11M ago33:46

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Paul Emerich France is a National Board Certified Teacher, instructional coach, keynote speaker, and adjunct professor with over a decade of experience in the classroom, teaching grades transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. He is the author of Reclaiming Personalized Learning: A Pedagogy for Restoring Equity and Humanity in Our Classrooms …

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The Doing is Done 44:29

1+ y ago44:29

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Kelsie checks in almost six months after losing Chris to share how she's been doing, what the doing of death has looked like , where she's at now that the doing is done and what's next for Sorry, I'm Sad. Support Sorry, I'm Sad on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kelsiesnow Share your own stories of grief, loss and the importance of hope with Kelsie by ema…

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Into the Void 40:52

1+ y ago40:52

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On Chris and Kelsie's 16th wedding anniversary, almost three months after Chris' death, Kelsie talks about life without her husband and best friend. Support the showBy Kelsie Snow

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Episode 51 - Assessing Holistically w/Carissa McCray 43:32

1+ y ago43:32

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Carissa McCray is a member of Research, Advocacy, Collaboration, and Empowerment Mentoring program, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the American Educational Research Association. She has presented across the United States on topics ranging from implementing social-emotional strategies in the classroom to culturally r…

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Episode 50 - Leveling Up w/Fabiola Torres 59:33

1+ y ago59:33

59:33

Fabiola "Fabi" Torres is an online Ethnic Studies professor and Certified Faculty Developer at Glendale Community College. During the pandemic, she has led nationwide workshops and courses on applying equity-minded methods such as culturally responsive teaching in the online environment, humanizing online teaching and learning as well as ungrading …

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Episode 49 - Undoing the Grade w/Jesse Stommel 50:21

1+ y ago50:21

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Jesse Stommel is a faculty member in the Writing Program at University of Denver. He is also co-founder of Hybrid Pedagogy: the journal of critical digital pedagogy and Digital Pedagogy Lab. He has a PhD from University of Colorado Boulder. He is co-author of An Urgency of Teachers: the Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy. Jesse is a documentary film…

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Episode 48 - The Mastery Transcript w/Mike Flanagan 43:11

2y ago43:11

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Mike Flanagan is the CEO of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC), a growing group of high schools creating a digital high school transcript that opens up opportunity for each and every student—from all backgrounds, locations, and types of schools—to have their unique strengths, abilities, interests, and histories fostered, understood, and celebr…

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S8E12 This Bitch Is Nobody! 1:28:35

2y ago1:28:35

1:28:35

At the halfway mark of season eight, Reid’s payphone romance takes a dramatic turn when Maeve’s stalker kidnaps her, causing Reid to turn to his BAU family for help. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S8E11 It’s Religious Adjacent 1:06:33

2y ago1:06:33

1:06:33

An unsub who believes he’s a reincarnated serial killer is criss-crossing the country killing seemingly random people, meanwhile the team learns they have a copycat on their hands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Episode 47 - Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education w/Alex Shevrin Venet 50:28

2y ago50:28

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Alex Shevrin Venet is an educator, author, and professional development facilitator based in Vermont. She teaches community college and graduate teacher education. Previously, she was a teacher and leader at an alternative therapeutic school. She is the co-founder of the Nurturing the Nurturers collective, a healing community for educators. Her fir…

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S8E10 Spanking The Keys 1:13:29

2y ago1:13:29

1:13:29

We’ve already watched the doll episode and now we bring you the puppet episode! When a series of men are found in boxes with their bodies broken in weird ways, the team ends up on the trail of a sinister puppeteer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S8E9 Sadness Post-it 1:21:01

2y ago1:21:01

1:21:01

The Unknown Subject is back, baby! Picking up where we left off, the BAU heads to Seattle to investigate a series of murders that seem to be associated with a famous motivational speaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S8E8 Billy, Can You Hear Me? 1:22:29

2y ago1:22:29

1:22:29

The BAU searches for a missing school bus full of teenagers only to learn that the kids have been kidnapped to create a real life, deadly video game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S8E7 Look At Those Boobs! 1:10:18

2y ago1:10:18

1:10:18

When the team crosses paths with someone from Rossi’s past, we get flashbacks of Rossi’s time with the Marines in Vietnam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S8E6 A Lot Of Weird Stuff Happens In South Florida 1:29:11

2y ago1:29:11

1:29:11

While Morgan and Reid prepare for the FBI softball game, the team joins a case in Miami involving a baby unsub and his murderous mentor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S8E5 The Tomato Lady 1:16:46

2y ago1:16:46

1:16:46

It’s Halloween in the Criminal Minds universe and while JJ worries about Henry’s fear of trick-or-treating, the team heads to Oregon to search for an unsub using her victims for strange medicinal purposes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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The Sound of Silence 57:48

2y ago57:48

57:48

Kelsie shares updates on Chris' health, what his two-week stay in the ICU in December cost him in terms of function and independence, how the Snow family is adapting to life in the last six months and why Chris is not joining her for this episode. Support the showBy Kelsie Snow

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S8E4 Play On, Playa 1:18:34

2y ago1:18:34

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As Reid gets closer to a mysterious new love interest, the BAU investigates a series of bodies found either missing a leg or with a leg that is not their own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Episode 46 - Telling the Whole Story w/Nate Bowling 38:28

2y ago38:28

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Nate Bowling teaches Social Studies at a US Embassy School in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. He is a past Washington State Teacher of the Year and National Teacher of the Year Finalist. He and his wife blog about living and teaching overseas at BowlingsAbroad.com and he is the host of the Nerd Farmer Podcast on the Channel 253 Podcast Netwo…

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S8E3 A Base Camp of Pleasure 1:11:25

2y ago1:11:25

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This week, an unsub obsessed with finding the perfect family forces a very imperfect family to reveal their deepest, darkest secrets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S8E2 Lousy with Loam Soil 1:36:56

2y ago1:36:56

1:36:56

When two seemingly unrelated victims are both murdered by being dragged behind a car, the BAU must figure out who killed them and how they’re connected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Episode 45 - Toward Assessment Utopias w/Juuso Nieminen 47:33

2y ago47:33

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Dr. Juuso Nieminen is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong and a Banting Fellow at Ontario Tech University, Canada. He studies the social, cultural, and political aspects of assessment. Why do we assess the way we do? Dr. Nieminen’s research focuses on the student perspective in assessment. He is particularly …

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S8E1 Ring, Ring, I’m Looking For My Baby Girl 1:09:47

2y ago1:09:47

1:09:47

In the season eight opener, the team struggles to adjust to Prentiss’ replacement, a linguist professor who has a strained past with Strauss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Bonus Episode 16: Kelly and Kelsie’s Top 5: Season 7 Episodes 27:28

2y ago27:28

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We’re back for another bonus episode, this time to rank our favorite episodes of season seven. Surprise! It’s slim pickings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S7E24 Here I Come! Police! 1:13:22

2y ago1:13:22

1:13:22

On the season seven finale of the Unknown Subject, the team deals with the aftermath of an explosion, Will and JJ do the damn thing, and Prentiss says goodbye Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Episode 44 - Taking Grades Off the Table w/Vanessa Ellis 39:45

2y ago39:45

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Vanessa Ellis is an 8th-grade social studies teacher at Veterans Memorial Middle School in Columbus, Georgia. In 2017, Vanessa was named a Georgia Economics Teacher of the Year, and in 2018, she was selected as a Harvard Fellow to study research-based practices in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2022, she was honored as Teacher of the Year for her sch…

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S7E23 I See Eyes, You See Bullets 1:04:45

2y ago1:04:45

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In part one of the season seven finale, Will teams up with the BAU to deal with a professional bank robbing crew who also likes to murder people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S7E22 The Womb Raider– Womb There It Is 1:00:46

2y ago1:00:46

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The BAU gathers to teach an undergraduate seminar and in a series of flashbacks recounts a case that continues to haunt Rossi one day a year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S7E21 People Say It’s Hocus Pocus 1:14:37

2y ago1:14:37

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Shortly after a serial killer is executed on death row, the BAU is brought in to track down a copycat who starts killing women in a similar fashion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S7E20 That’s What Time It Is, Bitch 1:18:55

2y ago1:18:55

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When Morgan’s missing cousin is suddenly seen alive, the team joins the case and uncovers a sinister conspiracy and a douchebag misogynist keeping her hostage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Episode 43 - 'Imagining Otherwise' about Assessment w/Jan McArthur 39:11

2y ago39:11

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TG2 team member, Michelle Cottrell-Williams, interviews Jan McArthur, Senior Lecturer in Education and Social Justice in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. Jan’s research focuses on the nature and purposes of higher education and how these relate to practices of teaching, learning, and assessment. Jan McArthur coautho…

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S7E19 Teacher By Day, Elvira By Night 1:00:08

2y ago1:00:08

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In a truly iconic episode, the BAU comes up against a family with a strange shared delusion that they are fighting the forces of the devil and his evil brides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S7E18 It’s My Chili 1:12:53

2+ y ago1:12:53

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When a boy who no one knows was missing suddenly appears in the desert, the BAU must determine who took him and whether or not it’s related to a local woman’s recovered memory from her childhood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Losing the Easy: Chris & Kelsie on Chris' October Health Crisis 1:11:57

2+ y ago1:11:57

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In October Chris' disease reached a tipping point and sent the Snow family into a months-long free fall. Now, more than four months since things started spiralling out of control, Chris and Kelsie sit down to talk about what happened in October, about losses of function that started to turn the tide of how their family works and about the trauma of…

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S7E17 Snap, Crackle, Pop Goes The Lady Weasel 1:10:46

2+ y ago1:10:46

1:10:46

This week, the search for a woman targeting foster parents leads the team to an even ickier crime, meanwhile Garcia worries over Kevin’s intentions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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What Remains 21:22

2+ y ago21:22

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Kelsie is back with an update on the Snow family and to read her most recent blog post, which can be found on her website, www.kelsiesnowwrites.com. Support the showBy Kelsie Snow

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Episode 42 - Centering Joy in the Classroom w/Liz Norell 29:59

2+ y ago29:59

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Liz Norell is passionate about great teaching and student success. As a political scientist (well, really, a political psychologist), she's motivated to understand how/why we develop the political beliefs we do...and how to have more productive dialogue across differences. As a faculty member and mentor, she loves brainstorming ways to make classro…

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S7E16 Get Your Get It On, On 57:08

2+ y ago57:08

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On this episode of the Unknown Subject, an investigation into murdered sex workers leads the BAU to a dysfunctional family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S7E15 The Drunken Dog 1:22:02

2+ y ago1:22:02

1:22:02

In a truly prescient episode of Criminal Minds, the team searches for an unsub who has been radicalized by a suspiciously orange political candidate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S7E14 Popped Him Like A Gusher 1:12:00

2+ y ago1:12:00

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This week on the Unknown Subject, bodies are being found on the beaches of California and the BAU must solve the case in time for Hotch’s hot date. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Bonus Episode 15: Kelly and Kelsie’s Top 5: Unsub Lairs 26:54

2+ y ago26:54

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We’re kicking off the new year with a bonus episode ranking our top five unsub lairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S7E13 Winner Winner Chicken Dinner 1:13:48

2+ y ago1:13:48

1:13:48

The team heads to beautiful Atlantic City in search of a gambler who believes killing makes him lucky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Episode 41 - Capturing Student Learning as It Happens w/Mike Rutherford 31:35

2+ y ago31:35

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Mike Rutherford is a lifelong teacher and learner. Eight years ago, he returned to the classroom as a middle school English and Social Studies teacher after many years in the education private sector with Blackboard and Just ASK Publications & Professional Development. Prior to his time in the private sector, Mike was a middle school teacher and te…

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S7E12 He Poops In A Box 1:27:49

2+ y ago1:27:49

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In our final episode of 2022, the BAU investigates a serial rapist who may or may not be re-attacking his original victims Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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S7E11 Just Heavy Breathing 1:29:48

2+ y ago1:29:48

1:29:48

This week, Spencer questions his purpose in life as he approaches his 30th birthday, meanwhile the team investigates a Zodiac killer copycat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Kelly McMasters-Parsons & Kelsie Paul

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Episode 40 - There's No One Right Way to Ungrade! 47:33

2+ y ago47:33

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Because ungrading is essentially an emancipatory practice, it cannot be held to one formula or singular standard. Instead, ungrading relies on a robust community of educators to circulate, celebrate, and elevate the practice in its various forms. Lisa Wennerth, welcomes four trailblazing educators—Liz Leininger, Rita Shah, Firas Moosvi, and Taylor …

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