According to a new study by the National Center for Education Statistics, the average high school graduate in 2009 earned about three credits more than graduates in 1990. Theoretically, this means that today’s students are spending 420 more hours in class. Based on my observations of high school students in…
The just released 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress High School Transcript Study found that the grade point average increased to 3.0 in 2009 from 2.68 in 1990. This is tame compared to the grade inflation going on in law schools. Last year, Loyola Law School in Los Angeles decided…