It'll be easier to earn an A in Florida's schools next year after Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill Thursday that creates a more lenient grading scale. The governor made the decision after asking for advice ...

The S.C. Department of Education is considering adopting a new grading system for public schools, replacing the current seven-point grading scale with a 10-point scale. The policy shift will help ...

Last year, we began our work to shift toward a standards-based grading model that will ultimately be used at all Eagle County School District schools. This year, a number of our schools are piloting ...

In the coming year, thousands of high school students will be completing college applications. Those schools will be looking for great ACT scores, community service hours and extracurricular ...

Even with changes to how grades are calculated, middle and high school students at Clark-Pleasant still will be able to earn the much sought after 4.0 grade-point average. The highest grade in the new ...

UPDATE: The State Board of Education unanimously approved the switch to the 10-point grading scale. The previous version of this article is below. The way North Carolina high schools assign A’s and ...

Update: The state Board of Education on Thursday approved the switch to a 10-point grading scale at North Carolina high schools. The change will go into effect with next year's freshmen. The original ...