Students and parents have begun suing school districts over grading policies and practices they say are unfair. As a scholar of education who studies grading practices, I’ve seen how important grades ...

In August 2024, a post on the social media site X displayed a graphic from the daytime talk show "Dr. Phil." The graphic, summarizing a "Facebook Post by CA Parent," shows a lenient "public school ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some teachers are resisting efforts to give students grades they believe they haven't earned. skynesher via Getty Images After ...

Districts around the country have weighed new approaches to grading, some motivated by concerns about achievement and student motivation following the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. As ...

This is a companion piece of sorts to the one below, which looked at the current hand-wringing over grade inflation and what some see as too many A grades being given to students. This post takes a ...

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio – For decades, K-12 students have gotten report cards, loaded with letter grades, indicating their performance in each subject. But times are changing. A’s B’s and C’s (and ...

A former school principal named Amber Shields posted a video rant regarding teachers being moved to lower grades when they don’t do an adequate job in testing grades. In her rant, Shields claimed that ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The State Board of Education approved the Florida Department of Education’s updated school grading scale during the July board meeting on Wednesday morning. According to the ...

Users across the social media landscape left comments bemoaning the state of the American public-education system. Some users went further, implying that the scale was implemented statewide. But a few ...

After refusing to give some students grades they hadn’t earned, high school chemistry teacher Toni Ognibene sued the Clovis Unified School District in California for allegedly retaliating against her.