Why Do We Get Grades in School?

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG Subscribe to Origin of Everything! http://bit.ly/originsub 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! Do you enjoy the show? The check us out on: Like our Facebook Page:   / pbsoriginofe.  . Instagram: @pbsoriginofeverything 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/...