If you feel a little claustrophobic, maybe you should pay a little extra — or a lot extra — to stay out of one of the cramped seats, advises Christopher Elliott. Getty Images / Getty Images Is it ...

There is a longstanding debate about whether traditional grading—letter grades based on a student’s content knowledge, classroom behavior, and extra credit—appropriately measures student success.

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. I don’t offer students extra credit. I say that in the syllabus and in my online course orientation ...

A parent who has a child at a Clarkstown middle school says an extra credit assignment tried to sway students’ political beliefs. The four-page extra credit assignment was given to a sixth grade ...