Grade inflation in pandemic strengthened university prospects for private school and disadvantaged students

The first empirical evidence of how A-level grading in the pandemic affected university applications corroborates concerns about disproportionate benefits for private schools. Disadvantaged students ...
Inside Higher EdOpinion

Want an Evidence-Based Way to Motivate Your Students? Try Specs Grading

Nine out of 10 faculty who switched to a specifications grading system reported it resulted in higher-quality student work.
AOL

Indiana State University’s elementary teacher program gets A+ grade from a national council

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Indiana State University has received an A+ grade from the National Council on Teacher Quality for how well they prepare future elementary school teachers to teach ...
Morningstar

H55 Delivers Certification-Grade Propulsion Battery Modules to Pratt & Whitney Canada, Supporting Demonstration of Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Technology

Production-conforming systems manufactured in a regulator-approved facility mark H55’s transition from technology development to commercialization of certification-grade energy storage solutions for ...
New York Daily News

Mamdani to expand NYC math and reading programs to new schools, grade levels

Mayor Mamdani is moving forward with an expansion of New York City’s curriculum reforms started under ex-Mayor Eric Adams, including changes to how math is taught in elementary schools and reading in ...
The New York Times

Harvard Caps A’s as Selective Colleges Attack Grade Inflation

Faculty members overwhelmingly approved a limit on the number of top grades they can give to about a fifth of their undergraduate classes. By Mark Arsenault Faculty members at Harvard University voted ...
The Harvard Crimson

70% of Faculty Vote to Overhaul Harvard Grading With A Cap

Harvard faculty voted to impose a roughly 20 percent cap on A grades beginning in fall 2027, approving the College’s most aggressive attempt in decades to reverse grade inflation and reshape academic ...
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RIT announces partnership with US Army to lead STEM education programs across all grade levels

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — RIT announced a new partnership with the Army to lead STEM education programs across the country. The U.S. Department of the Army Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is ...
KSDK

Episcopal school in St. Louis County ends kindergarten through sixth grade program

CLAYTON, Mo. — St. Michael's Episcopal Day School in Clayton announced on Friday that its classes from kindergarten through sixth grade will soon be ending. The Episcopal school will cut the program ...
NBC Los Angeles

Corona-Norco Unified considering cutting 7th and 8th grade programs at 2 schools

The Corona-Norco Unified School District is considering making changes that could impact the seventh and eighth grade programs at two of its campuses. The district — one of the biggest in California — ...
ABC7

Corona parents worry as district considers cutting 7th and 8th grades at 2 CNUSD schools

CORONA, Calif. (KABC) -- Two elementary schools that include seventh and eighth grade programs in the Corona-Norco Unified School District may soon lose the upper grade levels due to declining ...
KSDK

Missouri's $50 million school voucher program cleared by judge

COLE COUNTY, Mo. — A controversial scholarship program for students in private, parochial or home schools in Missouri has been cleared by a judge. A Cole County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday ruled ...