The traditional grading system in America is under scrutiny ... the growing mental health crisis among young people. In the United States, more than 70% of high school students cite anxiety ...

San Francisco school officials took a sudden U-turn Wednesday on an initiative that would have let students skip homework, ...

When she graduated from our school, she attended one of those selective high schools only to transfer out in less than a year. When she came back to visit, she shared that the new environment was ...

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored ... students experienced in their home lives. “It changed us.” “The old practices we cling to were born in a different ...

Chesterfield County Public Schools is in the process of grading its grading system -- a strategy identified in the school system’s Design for Excellence 2020 strategic plan. The goal is making ...

only 67 percent of K-12 schools in the United States used them. The 100-point grading system became common, with the A-F scale becoming dominant. There is no E on that scale because it would fall ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle ... whether their principals understood the ramifications of the grading system. Teachers currently using standards-based grading express mixed ...