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Opinion: Harvard’s new cap on ‘A’ grades is doomed to fail
We know now from decades of research that grades are not scientific or objective measurements of student learning.
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The Supreme Court can no longer explain itself
The justices don’t speak a common language, even with each other.
Harvard College recently voted to cap A grades in its undergraduate courses. More specifically, it said that no more than 20 percent of the grades given for any course in the college can be an A.
As a teacher, my drive lies in setting up such opportunities—openings for civil dialogue that demand students work at the edge of their capabilities without demanding so much that they become ...
You can have a highly engaged workforce with almost no ownership. In fact, some of the most engaged cultures are also the ...
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Many college students already have well-formed cheating habits – that, not AI, is the real problem
My colleagues and I recently spoke with a group of talented, interesting students who just completed their first year of ...
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Trap is set: Job market is about to get crushed if Labor Department doesn’t act now
“I work every other Sunday as a closer, which [ends] at 10:30 or really 11-ish, then [I am] scheduled at 6 a.m. the next morning.” “Managers, if you talk to them about the schedule, they’ll blame [any ...
While many parents and students will be pleased to see report cards awash with As, the devaluing of grades – and the ...
A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.
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