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Education Apr 27

Why this professor no longer grades her students’ work – and wishes she had stopped sooner

By Elisabeth Gruner, The Conversation

Economy Jun 22

Column: How an epidemic of grade inflation made A’s average

Grade inflation — no, hyperinflation — is running rampant in American higher education. A recent study revealed that 42 percent of four-year college grades are A’s, and 77 percent are either A’s or B’s.

By Vikram Mansharamani

Health Jun 02

Sleep problems have the same effects on students’ grades as drug abuse, new study finds

Researchers at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. scoured through 43,000 responses to the 2009 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey, looking for the connections between sleep problems and academic success. They found…

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy

Education Aug 08

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Atlanta Starts New School Year Under Cloud of Cheating Scandal

Students and teachers return to Atlanta classrooms for the start of a new school year Monday, but a major cheating scandal is still raising big questions. Learning Matters Television's John Tulenko reports.

Education Sep 21

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Tying Students’ Test Scores to Pay: Burden or Opportunity for Teachers?

Tennessee is experimenting with giving a bonus to teachers whose students perform well. This comes as the Obama administration presses similar education reform efforts in other states. John Tulenko of Learning Matters Television reports.

Aug 15

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Failing San Diego Schools Work to Meet Standards

A number of failing schools in the San Diego area are adjusting their practices to meet standards under the No Child Left Behind law. Special correspondent for education John Merrow continues a series of reports on the law and how…

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Graduations Mark the End of a Traumatic Year for New Orleans Schools

John Merrow has been reporting on the efforts of New Orleans schools to remain open in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, which destroyed much of the infrastructure of the school systems in the Gulf Coast.

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