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The Tyranny of Letter Grades. Bootstraps Ep. 4 (Encore Episode)
From This Week with EdSurge · Hosted by Ira Apfel
July 30, 2024·39:54
Episode summary
In this episode of This Week with EdSurge: Our current grading system can be a way for kids to prove themselves and win college scholarships, or admission to selective colleges. It can also be a barrier, in sometimes surprising ways. What might a world without letter grades and GPAs look like?
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Original publisher description
Our current grading system can be a way for kids to prove themselves and win college scholarships, or admission to selective colleges. It can also be a barrier, in sometimes surprising ways. What might a world without letter grades and GPAs look like? This first ran in 2021.