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- 11 Oct 2022
- News
Righting the Ship
creating one that did. The plan he assembled had three parts. The first was addressing the performance of CIP division managers by rating their execution performance. Here, Stuckey held fast to the familiar: an academic grading chart. If... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
rely on dirty or dangerous energy sources like kerosene lamps and diesel generators. The Soccket is not unlike Matthews herself: a bundle of energy using play to change the world. Creating things seems to come naturally to Matthews, who has been an inventor since View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Educating children through inquiry-based learning
Kim Frock (MBA 1987) cofounded the Alternative School for Math and Science (ASMS) in Corning, New York, to provide an academically challenging, inquiry-based learning environment for children in grades 6 through 8. The independent school... View Details
- 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... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
good student and a reasonably good athlete, but when I went to Yonkers orphanage, I decided my ticket out of this situation was private college. How do you get to private colleges? Good grades and athletics. Those were the two things that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
better diagnostics and ways to remediate students who are behind grade levels. That’s something we can do. There’s also a possibility that we have school closures again in the fall. If that happens, we want to help districts, teachers,... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
financial returns." She notes that while Lerner "didn't agree, he gave me a nice grade on the project." The paper formed not only her thinking, but became a blueprint for her career. She has spent almost all of it consulting to,... View Details
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe
amount of time to type a response; once the cold call is complete, peers are asked to rate it and react, simulating the dynamics of the HBS classroom experience. Participants receive grades based on interaction with fellow students,... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
students who might not have the highest GPA but nonetheless excel in certain subjects. Patton’s interest was piqued.He appreciated the program’s inclusive vision, which required each team to include not just the best and the brightest, but also students with more... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 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,... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
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... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
not knowing which offices are the most honest. To address that, Bantay has three main initiatives: City Watch recruits students and volunteers to grade government offices on everything from their air conditioning to the prices of bribes.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
children,” she says, sitting at a break table near the workers’ locker area. “All my brothers and sisters worked at Jeannette. At the time it was a big company and easy to get work. I had good grades in school but wanted something else.”... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
it,” says University of Havana economist Ricardo Torres. “We’ll soon have it.” The daughter of a Japanese social worker and an expert in Japanese history (Harvard professor Andrew Gordon), she spent third grade in a public school in... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 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... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
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,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
In the Blood
foals are born each year,” he says. “Then about 3 percent of horses will win graded Stakes races with purses of $100,000 or more, so that’s a risky game, too. On the other end of the spectrum are those of us in the breeding business who... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
analyze, deal with changing assumptions, and defend my views in front of my peers in a graded environment. That’s how students see the case method. Faculty see the case as a source of education, innovation, and change. It’s the heart of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
educators. Working from his home overlooking Seattle's Elliott Bay, Nielsen is now writing a book espousing some of his more radical thoughts on education, including the elimination of both age-based grade placement and grade-based... View Details
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Melissa Weiksnar (MBA 1982)