Why Do We Get Grades in School?

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Will you get a B+, C, an A-, a D+ or the dreaded F? We’ve all had that moment of sheer panic while waiting for your report card. But when you step back, it’s worth asking why do we get letter grades at all? And whatever happened to E? Find out in this week's episode!

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Written and Hosted By: Danielle Bainbridge
Graphics By: Noelle Smith
Directed By: Andrew Kornhaber
Produced By: Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)


Works Cited:

On Education and Grades:

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_...

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_an...

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/ed...

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/th...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/schooled/2...

https://www.elitedaily.com/money/how-...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answ...

http://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/files/gse-...

https://www.nytimes.com/video/educati...

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/1...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/india...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-...

http://neatoday.org/2015/08/19/are-le...

https://applications.education.ky.gov...

https://education.ky.gov/school/Docum...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innova...


Historiography:
“An A is not an A: A history of grading” Mark W. Durm

http://bctf.ca/publications/NewsmagAr...


High School Valedictorians:
http://time.com/money/4779223/valedic...

Success without degrees:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/...

http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/01/2...

https://www.dailyworth.com/posts/3893...

Statistics:

https://www.bls.gov/

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/...