Teachers would find it extremely useful if the publish button, or even some kind of color notification showed in the gradebook allowing them to publish/unpublish and assignment, or see if an assignment is published without having to go into every single assignment setup. The button would be most functional in terms of solutions.
There is also no way to visually see what is published and what is not published in the Calendar view for teachers.
A color coding of some sort in the gradebook would be a great solution.