NASA has flown a drone on Mars. A tiny robot. A flying robot. On. Another. Planet.

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The daughter experiences her birthday cookie

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Karate, Wonton, Chow Fun: The end of ‘chop suey’ fonts

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My adorable daughter (Easter 2021)

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How to Reduce Racial Bias in Grading (Use Objective Rubrics)

To gauge the potential impact of a standardized rubric on grading bias, I conducted an experiment comparing how teachers graded two identical second-grade writing samples: one presented as the work of a Black student, and one as the work of a white student.

My experiment found that teachers gave the white student better marks across the board—with one exception. When teachers used a grading rubric with specific criteria, racial bias all but disappeared. When teachers evaluated student writing using a general grade-level scale, they were 4.7 percentage points more likely to consider the white child’s writing at or above grade level compared to the identical writing from a Black child. However, when teachers used a grading rubric with specific criteria, the grades were essentially the same.

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In March, 2001, I was blogging about “All Your Base…”, digital history, 3D printers, and missing class

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