That's exactly my problem with this post, the author makes it seem like a lot of thought was put into their teaching when it seems like most of their "progressi

That's exactly my problem with this post, the author makes it seem like a lot of thought was put into their teaching when it seems like most of their "progressive" ideas were half-baked. When talking about the abundance of regrades, instead of re-iterating on the idea, they gave up on it and deemed it impractical. > "We could change from the current “mandatory Odysseus” regime to an “optional Odysseus” regime: On the first day of class, offer students an irrevocable choice: They can have homework and deadlines imposed on them, or not. Perhaps the students who need deadlines would learn to opt for them and others could live freely." I don't see why there can't be more happy-mediums like having deadline schedule where if you miss one assignment, you can turn it in within the next 2 assignments. There's a lot more options in the space of possibilities that aren't being explored. And maybe this is not exactly a criticism in the author's eyes depending on what their priorities are. I'd have to find out how the author ranks the priorities of being a teacher. Is the main priority to have the students leave with an understanding of the course material, to just do the job well enough to not get reprimanded by the school (by doing the minimum to reduce student complaints and have a "healthy" pass/fail ratio), or to aid the student in their education however far they are able to go with points given for effort (which could vary depending on what the student will actually pursue). This also isn't even touching on the topic on the quality of teaching being done and whether as much thought has been put into that as grading policies.