The end is near-----ASU dean writes book alleging that grading students’ writing is 'white supremacy'

ASU dean writes book alleging that grading students’ writing is 'white supremacy'

• An Arizona State University academic wrote a book alleging that grading students’ writing based on quality is “white supremacy.”
• His answer to helping Black students develop “positive racial identity” in the classroom is to “destroy grading.”

An Arizona State University academic wrote a book explaining why grading students’ work based on quality is “white supremacy.”

Asao Inoue — who teaches first-year writing courses and serves as associate dean for Academic Affairs, Equity, and Inclusion — wrote Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Compassionate Writing Classroom, in which he advocates for a system of grading that circumvents merit...Read all.