Do states that spend more on education get better grades?

No matter where you live in the United States, you’d like to know that your children are getting the best education possible.
The Guardian

Harvard faculty to vote on proposal to limit number of A grades in each course

Effort to curb grade inflation, by limiting top marks to 20% of students in a course, is opposed by most students Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox ...
Wall Street Journal

Harvard’s Push to Cap ‘A’ Grades Has Students Howling in Protest

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—For years, Harvard has been handing out A’s in abundance. Now, a proposed cap would pump the brakes—and students are up in arms. Harvard’s faculty is set to vote next week on a ...
New Scientist

Mathematics is undergoing the biggest change in its history

In March 2025, mathematician Daniel Litt made a bet. Despite the march of progress of artificial intelligence in many fields, he believed his subject was safe, wagering with a colleague that there was ...
City Journal

How Some Universities Have Made Grades Meaningless

Across the country, universities are using this and other alternative grading models that guarantee high marks based on some standard other than merit. Alternative grading schemes like these—often ...
KING5

She graduated with a 3.87 GPA but could barely read, now she's suing the Edmonds School District

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — For most families, a high school diploma is the key to unlocking your future. But for Makena Simonsen, an Edmonds School District graduate with special needs, hers did just the ...
The Atlantic

The Edge of Mathematics

Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...
Forbes

Harvard University Proposes A 20% Cap On A’s To Fight Grade Inflation

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Harvard University is considering a 20% cap on the number of A grades that can be assigned ...
The New York Times

One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades.

Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent. By Mark Arsenault It used to be unusual for a Harvard student ...
Live Science

AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians?

In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem that had stymied mathematicians for a century. In this case, the solvers weren't human. An artificial ...
National Review

Grade Inflation Is Deflating the Workforce

We Should Not Kick Catholic Priests out of the U.S. Don’t Block Progress on Pancreatic Cancer In the 2004 Pixar movie The Incredibles, when Dash gets caught once again using his super speed to torment ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

We Need to Talk About Harvard’s Grade-Inflation Report

In our latest episode of College Matters from The Chronicle, we dive into a fascinating new report on grade inflation at Harvard College, which houses the university’s undergraduate program. Prepared ...