New state data shows that 87 percent of third graders in New Haven are reading below grade level, compared to 84 percent last year, while math and science scores among city public school students have ...

Professors at Harvard University gave significantly fewer A grades last semester, according to a report in the student newspaper. The Harvard Crimson reported that faculty cut the number of A’s given ...

“The fraction of the As is getting pretty high — too high for comfort,” said President Christina Paxson, adding, “It’s clear that there has been grade inflation” at Brown and its peer institutions.