A teacher sparked backlash from parents by offering students extra credit if they didn’t use a bathroom pass (Getty Images) A teacher has sparked outrage from parents after they offered extra credit ...

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.

Anyone who's attended a public high school in the US has experienced all sorts of teachers with different sets of class rules. Sometimes, you had assigned seats; sometimes, you could sit wherever you ...