The value of homework is suddenly under the microscope, and leaders of the Lafayette Parish school district have decided it should no longer be graded. School districts around the state also are ...

There was a story in The Wall Street Journal in late April that should concern parents across America. It wasn't about inflation or the peril facing regional banks: It was more serious than that. It ...

The Northern Cass school district in North Dakota last spring graduated its first class of seniors who went through most of high school without receiving letter grades. Instead, their report cards ...

Joe: Rick, you’ve written recently about the harms of grade inflation and how a primary cause is educators who, influenced by “equitable grading,” compromise rigor and award students higher grades ...

The education authority in Liaoning province has joined a handful of others in banning teachers from asking parents to grade students' homework after the practice sparked an outcry on social media ...

Teachers should not let parents grade or check students' homework, the Ministry of Education said on Tuesday after several local education authorities banned the practice following fierce criticism ...

2) Eighth grade students (age 12-13, I believe) in Algebra I are not getting feedback on completed homework, are not required to show their work, and are not being given a complete answer key so that ...

A student disinfects her hands when entering a primary school in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 22, 2021. Primary and middle schools in Shanghai started the new semester on Monday. [Photo/Xinhua] Teachers ...

I was totally surprised by the article indicating that some school systems will be grading homework and/or packets being sent home to students as a result of schools being closed. Seriously? There is ...

Along the bumpy return to normalcy in our pandemic-battered schools, I see an interesting movement to ease grading and homework requirements. Many educators have been promoting such changes for years, ...