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- 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
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
What’s the story behind the Flatiron School, and how did you come up with the name? “The Flatiron School was born when I met my cofounder, Avi Flombaum, while researching innovations in higher education at Charles River Ventures. I had always been interested in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
surveys used by Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News are subject to bias by relying so heavily on judgments from recent graduates, deans, and administrators. Students understand the value of graduating from a top-ranked institution and may View Details
- 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 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
- 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 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
one of them asked, "Are you a student here?" "Yeah, second year, married. MBA." "So, you've worked these cases?" "For a year and a half for a grade on a curve." Fast-forward to the next day, when I walked in with my newspapers. They were... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
market the grapes, Russo negotiated the transactions. At age 17, she left high school after failing to pass a requisite Grade 10 English exam and quickly parlayed her one marketable skill — typing sixty words a minute without error — into... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
course. I actually did some decent preparation, and I think that was the first time I got a respectable grade in it. Gerald Flannelly (MBA 1966): I'll never forget playing on a field on Randall's Island in New York City. It was covered... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
interrupted, and the resultant patchwork of schooling in Holland and Washington, DC, resulted in poor grades and caused him to reject all thoughts of going to college. A stint in the US Army began his personal turnaround. With the help of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
expenditures in the United States have ballooned to an estimated 17 percent of GDP, well above that of other countries — yet those extra dollars don’t result in better care. According to a 2010 Health- Grades report, patient safety... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
grading and attendance requirements— which had been affected by the tragedy— would be reimposed. "As a community, we are still struggling to come to terms with the impact the tragedies have had, and will continue to have, on our lives,"... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
year, she reports, topics raised during orientation weigh in heavily on language, class participation, and acculturation challenges. No wonder. In the Business School's case-based curriculum, where 50 percent of the grade is based on... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
Whether missing an attempt to clear a high jump or losing an election, my grade school "failures" taught me that I needed more training, better campaigning and connections, and sometimes, another outlet for my energies. I also learned... View Details