There is a longstanding debate about whether traditional grading—letter grades based on a student’s content knowledge, classroom behavior, and extra credit—appropriately measures student success.
Last week, when I returned the latest batch of assignments in a short story class, the inevitable happened. A student approached me and asked, “Can I do extra credit?” This request flummoxes me more ...
A parent who has a child at a Clarkstown middle school says an extra credit assignment tried to sway students’ political beliefs. The four-page extra credit assignment was given to a sixth grade ...
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