Opinion: A, B, C or D – Grades Might Not Say all That Much About What Students Are Actually Learning

Grades are a standard part of the American educational system that most students and teachers take for granted. But what if ...
Washington Times

8th-grade assignment asks students to argue if Holocaust is fact or fiction

A Southern California school district is standing by an eighth-grade writing assignment that asked students to argue whether they believed the Holocaust was fact or fiction. The Rialto Unified School ...
Los Angeles Times

Unclear if teachers face discipline in Holocaust writing assignment

A spokeswoman for the Rialto school district, which reversed course on a controversial eighth-grade writing assignment challenging the Holocaust’s historical record, said she cannot discuss whether ...
Los Angeles Times

Holocaust writing assignment prompts emergency school board meeting

Rialto school board members will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday in response to widespread criticism of an eighth-grade writing assignment that asked students to consider sources that contend the ...