California wants to overhaul high school learning. This school is leading the way

The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence is launching a pilot program to redesign high school and middle school. Groups of districts applied for grant money, and winners will ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard College’s Grading System Is ‘Failing,’ Report on Grade Inflation Says

More Harvard College students than ever are passing their classes with flying colors, but the College’s evaluation system is ...

Perspective: The scandal of grade inflation

As much as grade inflation is a problem at elite schools, though, it presents even more significant challenges for ...
Fox News

Harvard faculty admit students skipping class, not engaging with opposing views, and still getting good grades

A group of Harvard faculty members say many students at the Ivy League university are skipping class, skimming or ignoring reading assignments, avoiding challenging discussions, and still graduating ...
WGAL

Donegal School District releases statement mourning death of student

NEWS EIGHT’S SARAH METZ JOINS US LIVE AS SHE LEARNS MORE. SARAH. YEAH, JOEY WILLIAMS WAS A SENIOR AT DONEGAL HIGH SCHOOL IN LANCASTER. CTC SAYS HE WAS IN THE PLUMBING PROGRAM AT BROWNSTOWN TOWN CAMPUS ...
New York Daily News

Student, 17, arrested for bringing loaded gun to class at Brooklyn high school

A 17-year-old boy was arrested for taking a loaded gun to his Brooklyn high school Monday morning, police said. The teen was taken into custody after cops were called at 9:53 a.m. and told he showed ...
NBC New York

Student in custody after bringing loaded gun to Brooklyn school: Cops

A student is in custody after allegedly bringing a loaded gun to his Brooklyn high school Monday. Police say an official from East Brooklyn Community School in East Flatbush school called 911 after ...
The New York Times

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech. By Anemona ...
Fox News

Wisconsin student said teacher pressured her to publicly identify political party despite safety fears

A Madison, Wisconsin, high school teacher allegedly told a student she must publicly identify her political leanings for a class assignment despite the student’s concerns that doing so could subject ...
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Apalachee High School teacher fired after making threat to student during class

An Apalachee High School teacher was relieved of their duties on Wednesday after they allegedly made a threat toward a student in class. Lake Mead warning issued over "potentially dangerous" ...
EdSurge

I Was an ‘A Student’ — Until I Realized Grades Don’t Measure Learning

I was a kid who thrived on the positive reinforcement of being an “A” student; to this day, I can count on my hands the number of “bad grades” I received during my K-12 education. There was the “D” on ...