Girl, 11, gets a B in gym—letter she writes in response goes viral

An 11-year-old student wasn’t happy about receiving a B in her gym class—so she wrote a detailed email to dispute it, and the ...
EdSurge

I Was an ‘A Student’ — Until I Realized Grades Don’t Measure Learning

I was a kid who thrived on the positive reinforcement of being an “A” student; to this day, I can count on my hands the number of “bad grades” I received during my K-12 education. There was the “D” on ...
The Atlantic

Letter Grades Deserve an 'F'

Letter grades are a tradition in our educational system, and we accept them as fair and objective measures of academic success. However, if the purpose of academic grading is to communicate accurate ...