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Meg Whittenberger
“Would it be so bad if I just dropped out?” my student asked me, huddled over her ninth grade math homework. We made eye contact for a split second, then she looked back down and continued doodling in her notebook. Despite her timid...
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- 01 Nov 2018
- News
Showing Girls the Possibilities
about children and my engagement serving on the board of National Boys and Girls Club, my engagement as a Big Sister working with young girls, and most recently, with Mother Caroline Academy in Dorchester, which is grade four to eight....
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PJ Kim
gifts were not always so celebrated and encouraged. When I was growing up in Louisiana, my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Grace, gave me the first of many "Bs" on my report card for "Conduct." She wrote that I had...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters
the proposals. A double-blind process allowed reviewers to see how others had graded the proposal and then offered them the option of changing their scores. About 47 percent of the time, reviewers decided to update their initial scores....
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Jennifer Myers
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The Anatomy of Fraud (TAF) - Course Catalog
investment portfolios, and better prepare for careers in hedge funds, investment banking, or private equity. Course Administration Course grades will be based on class participation (50%) and a final project (50%). Copyright © 2024...
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- 01 Dec 2008
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A U.S. Turnaround?
sad story of our slippage in mathematics and science. In fourth grade, American children are ahead of almost everyone in the world. By the eighth grade they are even, and by twelfth grade they are seriously...
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Lauren Park
(Ninth grade seating charts—let me tell you—are a complicated web of crushes, ex-crushes, and ex-best friends. It had been a late night.) At 6:30 a.m., I unlock my classroom. There are the new desks! And no chairs. The office had...
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Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates
University-wide offering of libraries, museums, and events, as well as discounts to movies, plays, sporting events, and cultural activities in the New England area at large. Benefits Package Compensation & Salary Grades Time Off Medical &...
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1.1 HBS Community Values - MBA
1.1 HBS Community Values Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 1.1 HBS Community Values 1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values 1.2 MBA Honor Code 1.3 Academic Calendar 1.4 Academic Program Specifics 1.5 Attendance 1.6...
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- 17 May 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.
evaluate candidates solely on past job performance, failing to consider the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions officers focus on high GPAs, discounting influence of easy grading standards? Researchers investigate the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2021
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Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
challenge. In 2012, she launched the Intrinsic Schools, a network of public charter schools with an innovative approach to the middle school and high school experience. Rather than employ the data from standardized tests and apply it to a school or View Details
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Data Science for Managers 2 - Course Catalog
issues such as missing data, nonresponse of participants and study design. Throughout the course, reproducibility of results will be emphasized. Grading The course grade will be based on class participation...
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Angela R. Hicks Bowman
school-like grading system of A-F based on a variety of criteria including punctuality, professionalism, price, quality and overall performance. Though the ratings system has caused some controversy over the years, the continued growth of...
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- 16 Sep 2016
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Offshore Learning
building partnerships with Boston public schools to bring students in grades five through eight out to the island for hands-on science education,” Pearson notes. The goal is a sequential, four-year curriculum that is intended to develop...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Decisions through the Ages
import-export. Watanabe went to school in Japan until the eighth grade before moving to America where he completed his higher education, joined McKinsey, and eventually returned to Japan. It was there he had an idea for a book, pitched to...
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- 12 May 2015
- Blog Post
"Every Day at HBS is a Gift"
and selfless – each one thinks they were the “admissions mistake.” I love that no matter how busy they are, they’re always willing to help; the way in which the system is set up actually reinforces this: The grading system operates on a...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Leading in business and in public education
grades 6 through 12 to pursue a college education. “Involvement in the community has always been part of my family’s DNA,” says Tisch. After graduating from Cornell University, Tisch got his start at Loews Corporation, which developed out...
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Mike Anders
“When will you have a girlfriend?” My Lebanese grandmother asked me for the 100th time. “I don’t know ” I laughed and quickly changed the subject. See the thing is, I won’t ever have a girlfriend because I’m gay. I grew up in suburban Maryland and went to an all-boys...
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Liz Delozier
My grandpa jumped out of his school’s window in eighth grade and never went back. His diploma is a plaque that hangs in the back of his cluttered workshop. It reads, “Special Services to General Motors, Fisher Plant, 1959.” He saved them...
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- 07 May 2020
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Ensuring Student Equity
viable option for many students. “One outcome of the pandemic is a heightened awareness of school funding inequity,” Grumhaus says. While the school district is able to provide Chromebooks to students in grades 6-12 to help keep their...
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Jennifer Gillespie