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- 27 Jan 2011
- News
The Joys of Cooking
to start Harvard Cookie Girl, an afterschool enrichment program that teaches kids in kindergarten through fifth grade how to make homemade baked goods. In the process, Kasrai helps kids learn math and measurement, reading and following...
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- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
approach of education, social-service, and community-building programs targeting 100 square blocks in New York City. Ninety percent of high school students who attend HCZ’s after-school programs go on to college; 100 percent of its third graders tested at or above...
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- 23 Aug 2011
- News
New Kid in School
trustees — to the institution’s continued success. Located on a 26-acre campus with state-of-the-art facilities, St. Johns is a pre-K through Grade 12 co-ed liberal arts private school with an enrollment of approximately 620 students....
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- 01 Sep 2016
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Offshore Learning
multiyear, experiential learning program for urban middle schoolers. “We’re building partnerships with Boston public schools to bring students in grades five through eight out to the island for hands-on science education,” said Pearson,...
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- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
low-income backgrounds. Anderson says their reading improved more than two grade levels over nine months, and they earned high school degree credits at twice the rate of typical high schoolers. Reset’s first residential program facility,...
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- 29 Apr 2016
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The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
predicted he wouldn’t graduate grade school, yet he graduated college with honors because my family focused on what he was capable of and believed in him. “With ArtLifting, our mission is to empower disadvantaged individuals through the...
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- 01 Jun 2023
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Righting the Ship
make sense to Stuckey, so he set about creating one that did. The plan he assembled had three parts. The first was addressing performance of CIP division managers by grading their execution rates. If the subsidiary could improve its...
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Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Survey Spotlights HBS Experience
“favorable.” Case method of teaching 86 % Case materials 84 % Faculty 84 % Elective courses 81 % Other class members 78 % Section experience 78 % Required courses 75 % Grading system 67 % Study groups 57 % Extracurricular activities 56 %
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
consultant for the design of the Spangler Center, which will provide new space for student services on campus. Not the least of Lirio Marcelo's accomplishments were in the professional arena: while maintaining solid grades as a full-time...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Turning Point: Addiction’s Impact
10th grade she was caught showing up high for cross country practice. When she was a junior in high school I found a Vicodin in her purse—I had no idea what a big red flag that was. We all had plenty of counseling, yet after her death, it...
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Melissa Weiksnar (MBA 1982)
- 27 Mar 2012
- News
One School at a Time
and opened just eight years ago, ASMS is a private school driven by the mission to provide an academically challenging, inquiry-based learning environment for children in grades 6 through 8. “At the end of 5th grade, American students are...
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- 19 Oct 2012
- News
Past and Present
deter him from a path to leadership. “If there is one thing that I pride myself on actually understanding today, it is organizational behavior. My low grade in OB motivated me to really figure it out, because in my job today, it is far...
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- 01 Jun 2023
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Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) In a kind of twisted and sometimes painful way, I learned from a Japanese norm how to achieve great things in life, even if the path I took wasn’t...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
child announces that he has a big report or project due the next day and he hasn’t started it. The grade on that report does matter, and no one wants to see his child get poor marks. Panic ensues. What should a parent do? Not only will...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
grading standards? Associate Professor Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution error." The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking Senator John Heinz Professor of...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
wrote in third grade about wanting to make a machine that would do all my homework,” recalls Mountz, the affable founder and CEO of Kiva Systems, a Massachusetts-based company that is revolutionizing the way e-commerce retailers such as...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
professor. He was very gracious and even had kept the grades from all his former students so he could keep up with them. Great guy. The School is fortunate to have had him all these years. Philip K. Curtis (JD '71/MBA '74) Atlanta, GA
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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
parents. The Robert L. Ryan Fellowship has supported 18 students since Ryan launched the fellowship in 2004. Providing funding for future generations of MBA students is a fitting way for Ryan to recognize the value of education that his parents instilled in him. Ryan’s...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Roads to Recovery
lights in working order? Maybe not. The state of the nation's highways, bridges, airports, dams, seaports, and tunnels collectively rate a grade of D+, says the American Society of Civil Engineers, which has called for a $3.6 trillion...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
"I'm a great believer in nonprofits," Herzlinger said, "but sometimes they don't achieve their mission. Nonprofit managers more than agree with me. Many grade their own performances as poor." Herzlinger ticked off a few examples:...
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