From Degrading to De-Grading: a damn good essay by Alfie Kohn on why the practice of grading student work is destructive to learning. If you teach, or if you are involved in teaching in any way, please read it.
(Yeah, it’s from 1999, but I just discovered it today—thanks to Michele Martin at The Bamboo Project.)
[...] In the mean time, if you need something to read, I’d recommend checking out this essay by Alfie Kohn about how current grading schemes actually inhibit learning in our education system, and what can be done about it. (Link via: think twice) [...]