WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Simmons) - University of Michigan pauses plan to stop issuing grades
The pilot plan, which aimed to address students’ mental health, was criticized by some students and alumni.
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - New York homeschooling surges 200% as parents flee a public school system that spends $37,000 per student — and still can't teach reading
More than 53,000 New York children are now homeschooled, triple the number from 15 years ago, as parents abandon a public system where most students in hundreds of schools can't pass basic math or reading exams. New York State recorded 53,905 homeschooled children in the 2025, 2026 school year, a figure that has more than […] The post New York homeschooling surges 200% as parents flee a public school system that spends $37,000 per student — and still can't teach reading appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 53,000 New York children are now homeschooled, triple the number from 15 years ago, as parents abandon a public system where most students in hundreds of schools can't pass basic math or reading exams. New York State recorded 53,905 homeschooled children in the 2025, 2026 school year, a figure that has more than tripled since 2009, 2010 and represents what state data show is the fastest-growing school sector in New York. In New York City alone, more than 14,000 children now learn at kitchen tables, in museums, and in parks instead of public school classrooms. Since 2023, homeschooling statewide has climbed nearly 8%, more than double the 3.1% growth rate for charter schools over the same period, the New York Post reported . The…Open
AMERICANGREATNESS (Bryan Hyde) - University of Michigan Will Hide Letter Grades for Freshman Students’ Mental Health
The taxpayer-funded University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts has announced a pilot program starting next fall to conceal traditional letter grades […] Source
AMERICANTHINKER - What do grades have to do with student mental health?
By Matthew G. Andersson The University of Michigan, an elite “public ivy,” was highlighted in the New York Times about how it is changing its freshman grading policy from letter grades, to pass-fail.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ian Maile) - Education Sec McMahon calls for return to academic rigor, 'open debate' in higher education
McMahon continued her talk about a return to greatness for U.S. colleges and universities on 'Just the News, No Noise' just hours after she made public a stinging open letter to high education leaders on the issue.
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DAILYCALLER (Geoffrey Ingersoll) - INGERSOLL: One Small, Catholic Prep School In New Jersey Is Proving Everyone Wrong
It's very simple. Have standards and do hard things
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