As a parent of a 9- and 10-year-old, I was distraught by the news of yet another mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas this past May. The morning after, I addressed the incident with my kids in as age-appropriate language as I could muster and reluctantly sent them to school. I tried my best to focus on my day at hand; however, I kept wondering what my kids were hearing at school, what they were feeling, and at the same time grappling with my grief over this tragedy.
While students often worry about how their grades will affect their progress toward graduation, faculty are also concerned about whether their approaches to grading are valid, fair, and efficient.
