Smithsonian Magazine

100 Years Ago, Students Across the U.S. Took the First SAT. Today, Relatively Few Colleges Require the Test. Where Is It Headed?

The standardized exam has evolved over the past century, all in the name of testing for college readiness. Now, it has become ...
The Hechinger Report

Blending algebra and geometry: An approach to high school math slowly gains favor

Blending algebra and geometry courses can give students more room in their schedules to take other courses like data science or statistics, concepts that are very present in people’s everyday lives.
Opinion

Actually, the SAT Was Necessary After All

Supporters see tests such as the SAT as objective measures of academic preparation, allowing comparison among students no matter how varied their actual schooling. Tests can help identify the ...
Lincoln Journal Star

LPS leaders dismiss Harvard math, reading report as 'fruit in a blender'

Nebraska students’ math and reading scores have declined since 2022, with Lincoln students lagging behind others across the state, according to an annual report issued by researchers at Harvard and ...
Black Enterprise

New Harvard Course Studies Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter To Educate Students On Public Policy

The course is titled "American Requiem: Beyoncé, Benefits and the Gap Between Promise and Delivery" A new course at Harvard Kennedy School is using Beyoncé and Cowboy Carter as a lens to examine gaps ...
Indiatimes

Harvard’s grading reset begins in 2027: Faculty vote to curb easy A’s in undergraduate courses

Harvard University is preparing to make one of the most closely watched changes to grading policy in American higher education, arguing that the meaning of an A grade has been diluted by years of ...
Fox News

Harvard faculty vote to cap 'A' grades at 20% in sweeping effort to combat decades of grade inflation

Harvard faculty voted in favor of capping A grades at 20% on Wednesday in an effort to combat grade inflation. "Today the Harvard faculty voted to make their grades mean what they say they mean," a ...
WBUR

Harvard faculty votes to limit A's in undergrad courses

Harvard will limit how many A’s professors hand out in undergraduate courses starting in the 2027-28 academic year in an effort to stem grade inflation at the university following a faculty vote this ...
Inside Higher Ed

Harvard Will Cap A Grades

The Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Tuesday wrapped up a vote to cap the number of A grades at 20 percent per course, plus or minus four A’s. The policy proposal, which faculty have ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard College Adds Required AI Module to Expository Writing Curriculum

All Harvard College freshmen enrolled in expository writing courses were required to complete a three-part training module on artificial intelligence this semester, the first time the training has ...
Forbes

Credit Card Rewards Don’t Rob Low-Income Consumers: Why The ‘Harvard Math’ Is Wrong

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Inside Higher Ed

Harvard to Tackle Grade Inflation With Cap on A’s

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will vote next month on whether to cap the number of A grades that instructors can assign in each course, effectively cutting in half the percentage ...