A few years back, officials at Palo Alto Unified realized that one district high school was giving out far fewer D’s and F’s than previously, instead giving out second chances for a better grade.

The Little Rock School District scored a C -- the same as 98 other districts across Arkansas -- when the state issued its first set of letter grades last week as part of a new rollout by the Arkansas ...

Some people follow the system, which grades restaurants on an A to C scale, religiously. If it’s not an A, they won’t dare go in. But others are far more lax, claiming that places with truly authentic ...

Grade inflation changes the way GPAs are used. Professors and employers discuss what grade inflation really means. Illustration (Zoe Cook) Ben Gibbs, BYU Sociology Professor talks about what grade ...

When I’m working with school leaders, we usually wind up spending a lot of time on the fact that “talk is cheap.” A principal can tell teachers how much she values their time, but if she starts staff ...