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Jul 2023
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Episode 147: Shortcast - Episode 23: Man...

The Modern Classrooms Project
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In this week's episode, we discuss systems and strategies Modern Classroom educators employ to make mastery-based grading sustainable in their classrooms.

Read a summary of this episode on the Modern Classrooms Project blog

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The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond on Twitter and Learning to Teach

Special Guest: Moira Mazzi.

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