It feels as if everyone has had at least one teacher who disliked them for no apparent reason. In this case, a man shares how one teacher actually seemed to favor him while giving his friend low ...

Teachers give students the grades they believe they deserve—but many are then pressured to change them by administrators, parents, and students themselves. About 4 in 10 teachers report receiving ...

Many argue that extra credit doesn't increase student knowledge, making it a part of a larger conversation on grading and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carrie Lukas, a mother of five, is president of Independent Women. Removing needless red tape and ideology in the teaching ...

Readers respond to a guest essay that argued that high grades should be strictly for excellence. To the Editor: Re “Sorry, You Don’t Get an A for Effort,” by ...

Now I don't claim to be an A-student But I'm trying to be For maybe by being an A-student, baby, I can win your love for me. —Sam Cooke A friend recently drew my attention to an article on the Time ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Manno writes on education, workforce training, and career pathways. What's the status of learning loss recovery and the role of ...

Violence against teachers is likely to be higher in schools that focus on grades and test scores than in schools that emphasize student learning, a new study has found. Violence against teachers is ...

On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...