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Oxford University Press South Africa tackles learning crisis with research-driven solutions

South Africa’s education system is facing a deepening crisis, with recent global assessments revealing alarmingly low ...
PBS

Grade levels could be a thing of the past in schools focused on competency

In a suburb just outside of Denver, Principal Sarah Gould stands outside a fifth-grade classroom at Hodgkins Elementary School watching students work. This classroom, she explains, is for students ...
Los Angeles Times

Why grade inflation is spreading from high school to college — and how it hurts learning

This might sound impossibly old-fashioned, but I still like the idea that education is about learning: facts, skills, concepts, research, culture, analysis, inspiration. It’s supposed to enrich our ...