In this episode, Mike and Glen discuss schools that are helping their teachers pay down their student loans, why charter  school graduation rates are so low, should we be giving zeros to students and our guest this week is an amazing educational technologist and author Lisa Johnson. References: Guest: Lisa Johnson Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechChef4u (https://twitter.com/TechChef4u) Website: https://techchef4u.com (https://techchef4u.com) Buy The Book!: https://amzn.to/2EJL9Fy (https://amzn.to/2EJL9Fy)

Notes: Companies will pay off your student loans: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/25/696355143/come-work-for-us-well-help-pay-down-your-student-loans (https://www.npr.org/2019/02/25/696355143/come-work-for-us-well-help-pay-down-your-student-loans) Charter School grad rates are really, really, really bad: https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/02/27/in-many-charter-high-schools-graduation-odds.html (https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/02/27/in-many-charter-high-schools-graduation-odds.html) Should we give out zeros?: https://www.wimp.com/article/florida-teacher-fired-for-giving-zeros-to-students-who-dont-turn-in-their-work/ (https://www.wimp.com/article/florida-teacher-fired-for-giving-zeros-to-students-who-dont-turn-in-their-work/) The case against percentage grades: http://tguskey.com/wp-content/uploads/Grading-2-The-Case-Against-Percentage-Grades.pdf (http://tguskey.com/wp-content/uploads/Grading-2-The-Case-Against-Percentage-Grades.pdf) What are we measuring?: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/accurate-grades/ (https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/accurate-grades/)

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