Abolishing grades on homework will hurt the neediest kids

Academically rigorous courses are a path for social mobility, both upward and down.

It’s an inconvenient truth that some rich kids couldn’t test their way out of a paper bag. Whenever Stephen J. Gould or other Harvard person tells you they are eliminating standardized tests because they hurt poor people’s feelings, you will really see rich alumni stuffing their pockets with $100 bills.