Ep 45 | Grading Practices (with Dr. Shawnta Barnes)
This week on Color Commentary centers on one big question: what are grades really measuring, and who gets harmed when grading practices drift away from actual learning? Dr. Charles Cole III and Educator Barnes break down grading inflation, participation grades, mastery-based retakes, and the gap between student performance and student proficiency.
They also widen the conversation to agency, teacher expectations, and what happens when education becomes a job instead of a vocation. The discussion closes with a sobering reflection on plagiarism, academic accountability, and how Black scholars…
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