Matt and Courtney talk about grading conversions, and the nonsense of all possible conversions. Push back if you want. Paraphrasing Thor, all conversion scales are made up. Find out why in this third-in-a-series on grading practices. 

Jason Vest, iNACOL's 2018 Teacher of the Year, talks with Matt and Courtney about what he and his school are doing for their young learners. He is at Hungary Creek Middle School in Henrico County, VA. The annual award honors a K-12 educator whose efforts as a personalized learning teacher exemplify a commitment to student success, knowledge, and skill as a professional educator and dedication to his or her students. How does he manage all the stuff he does? He also came prepared with do-do's and don't-do's! Follow him on Twitter at @MrVestRVA.

Another great interview with leaders of personalized learning at iNACOL18 in Nashville! Lauren McCauley and Stephanie DiStasio are the South Carolina Department of Education, and they have led the personalized learning movement in South Carolina. We interviewed them at iNACOL17, and this is a great follow-up for what they have done over the past year, and where they are going in the future.

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Matt and Courtney talk about what it means to be prepared, rather than "planned", in a personalized learning environment. "Planning" doesn't work, as kids are going to go off in different directions, but if you as a teacher are prepared for that, your kids will thrive!

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Matt and Courtney return from holiday break! This week, they talk about driving questions (cue sound effects) and how they are a great way to start personalizing learning by just tweaking some things! 

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Matt and Courtney interview Chuck Ambrose, the President and CEO of KnowledgeWorks at #iNACOL18 symposium in Nashville. It's a fascinating conversation with Chuck about the future of learning, how it looks across the nation, what higher ed can look like, and what we all can do to help support and further the movement of personalized learning. Find out more at www.knowledgeworks.org, and follow Matt and Courtney at @plearnmc on Twitter and Facebook (and occasionally Instagram!).

This week, Matt and Courtney talk about why we need grades at all. Do we? What is more important: grades, or feedback? Both? Neither? Take a listen, and give us feedback! We are on Twitter @plearnmc, Facebook at plearnmc, and our website at plearnmc.com.

The #iNACOL18 interview series continues with Diane Mankins, Ashley Thompson, and Heather MacLaughlin of Marysville Schools in Ohio! What does mastery mean, how does it work in Marysville, how do the teachers take next steps? A fascinating conversation with school leaders about how it all works. Follow them @DianeMankins, @Ashrthompson, and @Hmaclaughlin on Twitter, and see our tweets for more Marysville schools! Follow us at @plearnmc, and visit our website at www.plearnmc.com .

Matt and Courtney start a series about grading. We start with a conversation about how we grade courses. We know averaging scores together on particular targets is wrong, but what about averaging families of targets? What are the positives and negatives of this, and what are some do-do's and don't-do's?

Matt and Courtney continue the interview series at #iNACOL18 with Jason Berg, the Executive Director of Educational Services at Farmington Area Public Schools, and Lisa Edwards, the Director of Continuous Improvement at Farmington Area Public Schools in Minnesota. What are they doing to further the personalized learning movement in their school system? Jason and Lisa offer all kinds of ways to help their teachers learn and move ahead at their level of readiness. Follow them on Twitter at @bergjaso and @LisaEdwards192, and their schools at @district192.