Do “new grading policies,” that were accelerated during the Covid pandemic, need greater scrutiny today? Specifically, policies like preventing teachers from giving students less than 50% credit, or prohibiting penalties for late work, or banning grades for homework or class participation. Is the practice of removing teacher discretion and students incentives helping or hurting? Mike Petrilli, President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, joins Newell to determine if “minimum grading” is diminishing academic standards.