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I'm writing this article because I recently caught myself writing a somewhat nasty message to a student at the end of a long academic year. I had sent the message, did some reading, and later...

With yet another school year in the books, I wanted to take a moment to talk about one of the worst parts of being an educator: grading. More specifically, I want to talk about how grading gets in...

Let's say you have your grade as a percentage. Would you be able to write a code segment that could convert that percentage to a letter grade? That's a question that blew up recently on Twitter, and...

Student evaluations of teaching are a norm across college campuses, but just about every ounce of research on their use has shown negative outcomes. No more is this true than in my place of work,...

As the semester starts to wrap up, I'm a bit busy and a bit burnt out. As a result, I thought I'd have a little fun writing about nasty little bugs I've run into over time. I'll keep it short; don't...

I find the structure of relational databases to be appealing. They allow you to store data in various tables that eliminate redundancy, reduce storage size, and combine easily. Therefore, it should...