Apr. 13—Alette HahnHansen repeats a short phrase to keep herself motivated: "Oscar, doctor, president." The 17-year-old, a junior at Santa Fe High School, hopes to win an Oscar, earn a doctorate and ...

The Warrensville Heights City School District is the latest local school district to transition from letter grades to a standards-based grading system intended to wring personality issues and ...

Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted. But what if ...

Being an 'A” student is starting to take on a whole new meaning for area school districts. A presentation from Associate Superintendent Trace Pickering during a June 9 school board meeting unveiled ...

Students in grades three through five are once again getting A through F grades after many parents said nontraditional ...

Some Minnesota educators are on a mission to take the guesswork out of grades. A growing number of school districts in the state and across the nation are looking at overhauling how they size up ...

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Science teacher David Venne invites students to help him with a class demonstration at Racine Case High School. Several Wisconsin school districts are trying a new method of evaluating what students ...

When Shane was in elementary school, he could go months without advancing a reading level. And even though his mom, Carrie Shepherd, considered herself an involved parent, she sometimes wouldn’t know ...

Today’s guest post is written by frequent Finding Common Ground blogger Lisa Westman. Lisa is an instructional coach specializing in differentiation for Skokie School District 73.5 in suburban Chicago ...