Canyon Crest Academy students take new heights at drone competition

Six Canyon Crest Academy (CCA) students – known as the Aero Ravens Drone Team – placed second in a highly competitive high school aerial drone competition earlier this spring. In July, the team will ...
Tennessean

TN third grade reading law set off years of anxiety for these students

Tennessee rolled out its controversial third grade reading law in 2023. The law hinges on a section of the state's standardized test and sets off a fast-moving timeline for students to avoid being ...
The Boston Globe

Grade inflation is damaging students. Graduation standards need to push back.

Mary Tamer, a former member of the Boston School Committee is executive director of MassPotential, a nonprofit education organization. On student report cards across the Commonwealth, it appears that ...
Eagle-Tribune

What student grades should (and shouldn’t) tell us

What sort of knowledge can we garner from student grades? Are they an accurate gauge of what students know and understand? Do they tell us if students have mastered skills and absorbed information ...
Yahoo

8th Grade Louisville Student Goes Viral After Accusing School of ‘Racism, Sexism and Homophobia’ at Graduation

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The video has sparked debate online after being shared by his family A middle school graduation speech quickly turned into a ...
Reuters

Harvard faculty take aim at grade inflation by capping 'A' grades for students

May 20 (Reuters) - Harvard University faculty have imposed a limit on the number of "A" grades that can be given to undergraduate students in an effort to end a growing trend of grade inflation at the ...
WGBH

Harvard limits number of students who get A grades

Harvard faculty have approved a plan to curb grade inflation by limiting the number of A grades professors can issue, capping years of debate over whether having top grades from the nation’s oldest ...
Austin American-Statesman

Does UT give out too many A's? It's fueling concerns about academic rigor

Higher education is in trouble — and grades are losing their meaning. That’s the verdict a committee from Yale University reached last month in a report that said universities have strayed from their ...
MassLive

Harvard faculty vote on plan to sharply limit ‘A’ grades for students

A vote over a hotly contested proposal that could cap A grades for undergraduate students at Harvard University is coming to a head this week. The reduction in A grades at Harvard follows reports ...
Gizmodo

Students Are Learning Less and Getting Higher Grades Because of AI, Study Finds

The booming use of generative AI by students is leading to rising grade inflation at universities, according to a working paper published this week by the University of California, Berkeley. There are ...
Forbes

Student Loan Forgiveness Buyback Program Gets Big Updates In Court Filing

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...