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This article explores the theory of multiple intelligences and mastery-based assessment as an antidote to toxic achievement culture.

Dr. Peter Laipson FHSU University RelationsDr. Peter Laipson, a higher

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Several school boards in California have announced that they are getting rid of D and F grades and will instead allow students who do not get A-C to retake their tests or resubmit their work.

Dropping D's and F's and working with students to master the material is seen as a way to improve learning and boost equity.

Some educators are growing skeptical of letter grades as distracting, stressful and motivators of cheating and sabotage. A better system for cultivating young minds might focus on unique skills and mastery of concepts.

COVID-19 Reminds Me of 1994 Report, ‘Prisoners of Time’ As much as schools have adopted to COVID-19, their underlying one-schedule-fits-all educational model remains the same. A 1994 report, and several recent examples, hint at what could be changed for the better. Shutterstock We’ve all experienced COVID-related events and circumstances we never predicted. We’ve had to change everything, and the stresses and strains are not over yet. Parents and students have a very unders...