The value of homework is suddenly under the microscope, and leaders of the Lafayette Parish school district have decided it should no longer be graded. School districts around the state also are ...

Standards-based grading provides a more transparent assessment of the extent the intended learning is happening in the ...

MERRIMACK — After a failed lawsuit to halt the practice, for the third year in a row the grades local students earn for homework won’t count toward their overall semester grade. Bob Bevill, a local ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — Portland Public Schools is considering adopting new ‘equitable grading practices’, which would change how teachers grade students. A handout from the school district said historical ...

There was a story in The Wall Street Journal in late April that should concern parents across America. It wasn't about inflation or the peril facing regional banks: It was more serious than that. It ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Students here and across the country are part of what school systems describe as a push toward educational equity, but not all parents are on board. Babb has three children in ...

Rarely have I received reaction to a column as vigorous — and as negative — as the flood of emails from teachers appalled by my opposition to a plan in Arlington, Va., to strike down traditional ...