{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"UPDATE ONLINE","provider_url":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org","author_name":"Hanna Melichar","author_url":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/author\/melicharhm\/","title":"An Alternative to Traditional Grading - UPDATE ONLINE","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LjnLdSR4ya\"><a href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2016\/01\/an-alternative-to-traditional-grading\/\">An Alternative to Traditional Grading<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2016\/01\/an-alternative-to-traditional-grading\/embed\/#?secret=LjnLdSR4ya\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;An Alternative to Traditional Grading&#8221; &#8212; UPDATE ONLINE\" data-secret=\"LjnLdSR4ya\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Five years ago, University of Michigan adopted an alternative grading system for their political science classes. Professor Mika LaVaque-Manty encourages students to designate how they will be graded on 60 percent of their class. Alternative grading is less about \u2018going through the motions\u2019 of school and rather encourages students to take an initiative in their [&hellip;]"}