In the name of left-wing ideology, two administrators at Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia withheld national academic awards from families of students in the name of racial equity….
Topic: grades
“Equity in Grading” is a new Leftist trend in schools
Grades used to mean something, such as the hard work that a student (and that student’s parent) put into assignments, projects, or test preparations. However, the Left is pushing through a so-called “equity in grading”…
Baltimore County Public Schools No Longer Grades on Homework, Behavior of Students
You’d think this was a sick practical joke for the county’s schoolteachers, but it isn’t: Under the new system, a student’s behavior is factored out of his or her grades. The school system also now…
Army General to Head Mount St. Mary’s University after Scandal Ousted the Previous President
A soon-to-be-retired U.S. Army general will take command of an embattled liberal arts school in Maryland after a grades controversy.
No More Valedictorians in One North Carolina School District
Isn’t that ridiculous? “Citing what it calls “unhealthy” competition among students, the Wake County school board is the latest in the country to make valedictorians and salutatorians a thing of the past, The News & Observer of Charlotte reports.”
Do Grades Matter?
George Leef talks about the grade inflation and whether you can trust someone’s grades at college. Photo by michael pollak Photo by michael pollak
Chicago Law Graduates Accuse the Late SCOTUS Justice Scalia of Racism
Black students were upset that they received low grades while in the University of Chicago’s law school, with Antonin Scalia as their professor. They claimed he was racist, but the law school has a blind…
Some Brown Students Complain Homework, Stress Interferes with On-Campus Protests, Activism
Welcome to the real world, Brown University college student activists. Photo by thurdl01
Texas Tech Business School Dean Ousted after Grade-Changing Scandal Comes to Light
Students complained to their professors about their grades, so when that didn’t work, they went to the dean. The dean then issued a separate test in order to get the students to pass and graduate.
California School Lowers Bar, an F is now below 20%
Lowering the bar! Yay, lowering education standards in Sonoma County, California!