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Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Thursday, May 14th, 2026. And we begin with academic overhauls in the works at two of the nation's most prestigious universities.

Prompted by widespread concerns of AI-fueled cheating, Princeton is ditching part of its honor code from way back in 1893 that let students take exams without a professor present. According to the

Wall Street Journal, Princeton's faculty voted Monday to require proctoring at all in-person

exams beginning this summer. At another prominent Ivy, great inflation is the target. Harvard's

faculty began voting this week on limiting the number of solid A's professors

can award. According to Axios, A's make up more than two-thirds of all undergraduate letter

grades at the university. Supporters say the change is modest, as it does not apply to A-minuses.

But critics argue capping the top grade works against students competing

for graduate school spots with kids from schools without limits. Voting on the proposal

closes Tuesday. President Trump is in China for a high-stakes two-day summit with the country's

leader Xi Jinping. It's the first time a U.S.

president has visited China since Mr. Trump last traveled there in 2017. He is joined by top

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