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As governor of Texas, Rick Perry has pursued a controversial agenda that would gut Texas' vaunted public university system in favor of something that more closely resembles a business.

Teachers spent nights huddled in a back room, erasing wrong answers on students' test sheets and filling in the correct bubbles. At another school, struggling students were seated next to higher-performing classmates so they could copy answers....

A Tampa mother is defending her decision to stick her teenage son on a street corner with a sign that says, among other things, "GPA 1.22 ... honk if I need education."...

If a computer can win at Jeopardy, can one grade the essays of freshmen?

Edison Senior High math teacher Marelis Bombale, standing, discusses a 'central tendency measurements' lesson with freshman Alix Volcy, right, on Saturday, Dec. 5. Also in foreground are sophomores Sargine Pierre-Louis, left; and Darold Jean, center.

Depending on whom you ask, West Potomac High School's latest change to student grading is either another sign of a coddled generation or a necessary step to help struggling kids.

When Duke University's Cathy Davidson announced her grading plan for a seminar she would be offering this semester, she attracted ...