A school district outside Cleveland, Ohio, will have some staff read Joe Feldman's controversial book “Grading for Equity."
According to a Lakewood City Schools presentation to the school board from earlier this month, the book will be voluntary for teachers as part of a book study. Critics say the book promotes practices that lower students' standards, while its proponents say it is more fair to students.
Steven Ast, director of teaching and learning at the school district in Lakewood, Ohio, told Chalkboard News in an email that the practices highlighted in the book “align with prominent experts in the field, including Thomas Guskey, Rick Wormeli, Cathy Vatterott, Ken O'Connor, Nancy Frey, Doug Fisher, and Douglas Reeves.”
