Superintendent Alison Villanueva was about a month into leading Connecticut’s Watertown school district when she suddenly found herself facing a “catastrophe, PR nightmare.” A high school principal ...

For high school students, grade point average is often a major focal point -- a barometer of their academic success. GPA is a factor in class rank, college admissions, scholarship eligibility and more ...

These are grades written either as a letter or ascribed a numerical value, which emphasis is placed upon during GPA calculation. Weighted grades have usually been obtained at higher levels of ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — This year, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. high school students will no longer compete for the top spot in their class, but a switch to weighted grades may give students an ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Ask a high school student who is applying to competitive colleges about their grades, and you'll ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day last month, just ahead of the deadline to apply for the National Honors Society, students at Loveless Academic Magnet ...

Troy Harris and Edwin Ma were attending their first Clark County School Board meeting on Thursday, hoping to persuade board members to postpone the implementation of a policy that would cap the GPA ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Metropolitan School District will keep its current unweighted grade point average system for high school students. MMSD said this decision allows them to focus on ...

Columbia school officials are working toward weighted grades for high school students — giving more points for rigorous courses — thus providing a safety net for students who want to stretch ...