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- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
the schoolyard.) He traces his disciplined approach to the financial world and some of his financial smarts as a hedge fund guru back to chess. And he’s quite certain it was chess that brought his grades from a D average in high school to... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
segregated white and Black neighborhoods. Analysis by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition indicates that three-quarters of the neighborhoods graded as hazardous 80 years ago are now low- to moderate-income communities, with... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
was sworn in, when a six-year-old boy brought a gun to school and shot his first grade teacher. In this episode of Skydeck, Jones talks to contributor April White about what it means to be a leader in a moment of crisis, how he hopes to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
sixth grades in Princeton, New Jersey, public schools, aided by ventilators and wheelchairs and accompanied by nurses. Pompe doesn’t affect their minds. “They’re bright, precocious, and very happy kids,” says Crowley. —Sarah Auerbach View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Turning Point: Listen to the Music
half of the grade depended on speaking in class. Most of the men could really talk. I was intimidated and could barely think of anything to say, unfortunately, until finally one of my professors told me I’d better start contributing... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
north: “I was raised in Dayton, Ohio, by my single mother and my grandparents. We had all the basics money could buy and everything it couldn’t: love, honor, respect, values, and faith. That was the foundation, as was education.” Level up: “In 11th View Details
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
changes,” Turner notes. “The quality then is inferior, but some producers mix it in with their better grades to stretch yield. We decided not to do that.” Turner also links his brand’s flavor to a purification process inspired by his... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
Foundation (BALF) has impacted the lives of thousands of underserved youth like Trejo in Arizona, and currently serves more than 14,000 middle, high school, and college students annually. Be A Leader programming—offered in partnership with multiple Arizona school... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
close-knit community where his father owned a trucking company. Although neither of his parents finished college, both stressed the importance of education. After skipping two grades and gaining admission to the academically rigorous... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
the many career obstacles faced by African Americans, who still represent less than 5 percent of the Fortune 1000's senior managers. Fudge says she also received encouragement from the nuns in the Catholic schools she attended throughout View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
deemed important was Business Problem Analysis, which required frequent written reports; MacDonald earned only a Pass, the third grade below Distinction and High Pass. With his bookishness, intensified course load, and married life, his... View Details
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
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... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
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... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
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... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
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... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Business Plan Contest
which took the top prize in the social enterprise track, seeks to eliminate functional illiteracy in India by enabling poor children to stay in school for several years beyond the fifth grade â¹ a time when many drop out to help support... View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
experience. Rather than using the data from standardized tests (which are unpopular with both parents and teachers), and applying it to a school or grade or classroom en masse, Intrinsic employs it to individualize student learning.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Digital Deck
phrase that matches a known response, the student gets a "hit"; if not, a "strike." After three strikes, all possible answers are revealed. Grades are based on a combination of engagement in the course and mastery of content; assuming a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 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... View Details
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso