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    Are No-Zero Policies Failing Students?
    A growing number of schools have implemented new grading systems that ban grades of less than 50%. Do they help or hurt students?

    Edutopia | Jul 03, 2018
    Grade Inflation: A WorldWide Problem?
    College students are getting ever more top marks. Is this an inevitable result of the marketization of higher education?

    Times Higher Education | Jul 02, 2018
    Assessing Without Testing
    Does assessing always mean giving tests? No. Jessica Smith shares how she challenges her students far more than any test can.

    Edutopia | Jun 13, 2018
    Why Education Should Break Free From the Tyranny of Metrics
    Teaching to the test, short-termism, transactional costs... These are just some of the downsides of metric fixation.

    aeon | Apr 24, 2018
    WISE Words Podcast: PISA and the Data Behind Successful School Systems
    Andreas Schleicher discusses PISA and what makes a successful education system

    WISE Words | Feb 22, 2018
    The Downside of Competition-based Education
    Education that is exclusively oriented towards exam results fails to give children the chance to explore their individual potential.

    Sike | Feb 22, 2018
    The Power of Positive Psychology
    The Power of Positive Psychology
    A strength-based approach can improve learning outcomes and students engagement. Gail Cornwall examines.

    The Hechinger Report | Feb 05, 2018
    The Power of Positive Psychology
    The Power of Positive Psychology
    A strength-based approach can improve learning outcomes and students engagement. Gail Cornwall examines.

    The Hechinger Report | Feb 05, 2018
    The Power of Positive Psychology
    The Power of Positive Psychology
    A strength-based approach can improve learning outcomes and students engagement. Gail Cornwall examines.

    The Hechinger Report | Feb 05, 2018
    The Power of Positive Psychology
    The Power of Positive Psychology
    A strength-based approach can improve learning outcomes and students engagement. Gail Cornwall examines.

    The Hechinger Report | Feb 05, 2018
    Can Digital Badges Help Measure 21st-Century Skills?
    Badges can be used to recognize the ungraded skills students gain outside the traditional curriculum.

    Edutopia | Dec 21, 2017
    Putting Tolerance to the Test
    The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is going to ask questions about fake news, global warming and racism next year.

    BBC | Dec 13, 2017
    New Criteria in Evaluating College Teachers' Competence
    Should social media be endorsed by academic authorities as an appropariate outlet for the publication of academic papers?

    Sike | Sep 19, 2017
    Should We Let Students Bring Phones into Exams?
    Rethinking assessment is the next frontier, says Eric Mazur.

    Times Higher Education | Sep 06, 2017
    Focus on Learning, Not Grades
    A recent experiment shows that learning how to learn is far more motivating than learning to get good grades.

    KQED | Aug 13, 2017
    New Gaokao Sparks Debate
    To make the Gaokao Reform work, Chinese schools and parents must break away from the utilitarian view of education.

    Sohu | Aug 02, 2017