TAMPA, Fla. — Every year, the state’s Department of Education releases grades for school districts across the state based on a number of things, but primarily, on test scores, and the Hillsborough ...

Harvard is worried about going soft. Specifically, about grade inflation, the name for giving ever higher marks to ever more students. According to an “Update on Grading and Workload” from the ...

More Harvard College students than ever are passing their classes with flying colors, but the College’s evaluation system is “failing to perform the key functions of grading,” according to a report ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The pumpkin in Tony Scott’s backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He’s been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at ...

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December 4, 2025 - A new literacy intervention program is being rolled out in San Diego, Alameda, San Mateo and Riverside counties, to help teenagers in juvenile detention grasp the basics of reading.

PHILADELPHIA — The Detroit Tigers acquired right-handed reliever Kyle Finnegan for pitching prospects Josh Randall and R.J. Sales in a trade Thursday, July 31, with the Washington Nationals. Here's ...

Reduced NIH funding is causing delays and cancellations in critical research projects. Scientists are leaving the U.S. due to funding cuts and uncertain futures. Proposed budget cuts threaten future ...

A new study reveals that some men who are diagnosed with "Grade Group one" (GG1) prostate cancer may actually be at higher risk than biopsy results suggest, according to research led by Weill Cornell ...

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Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Fleet Science Center has been named the best museum in San Diego Magazine’s annual “Best of San Diego” Awards.

Like many who have endured childhood trauma, Shannon Hicks turned to drugs at an early age. Pregnant by 16 and a mother of two by 19, she was married and living in her first home — believing she was ...