Grading Can Be Capitalist, Racist, and Exploitative

Ken Shelton
6 min readMay 26, 2021

Part Two: School as we know it — academic gamification

By Ken Shelton and Nadia Razi

Black and white photo with a chessboard and chess pieces.

We love games. Games are fun. Games are engaging. But, what constitutes a game? There is a definable set of rules. There is, more often than not, a clear winner and loser. Frequently, success is predicated on skills, talents, and…

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Ken Shelton

Keynote Speaker, TEDx Speaker, AB/AR Educator, Google Certified Innovator, Apple Distinguished Educator, MIEE, Visual Storyteller, (http://kennethshelton.net)