Jefferson County Public Schools officials are exploring the idea of changing schools' grading scales to make it easier for students to get good marks. In a survey that's been sent out to parents, ...

The S.C. Department of Education is considering adopting a new grading system for public schools, replacing the current seven-point grading scale with a 10-point scale. The policy shift will help ...

It's now potentially easier for Jefferson County Public School students to earn an A grade. In a 5-1 vote, JCPS board members on Monday approved a change to schools' grading scales to make it easier ...

Even after the Petersburg School Board voted unanimously last week to lower the district's grading scale to mirror that of Chesterfield County, there remains some disparity among Richmond-area school ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The new school year is bringing a new grading scale along with it because Tennessee lawmakers said the previous grading scale presented challenges for families. “It was ...

Users across the social media landscape left comments bemoaning the state of the American public-education system. Some users went further, implying that the scale was implemented statewide. But a few ...

Two weeks ago, when I wrote about the proliferation of 50 percent grading floors in K-12 schools, I was shocked that there wasn’t more evidence available to have informed such a systemic change in the ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Stacker.com) – Formal education systems have been in place for thousands of years—from the earliest examples of China’s Xia dynasty schooling that began in 2070 B.C., to the robust, ...