Grades

Attention Kids: Grades Are NOT Everything

Jim Higley | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Raising Children, School, Grades, Bobblehead Dad, Children, Homework, Parents-Dads, Gpa, Kids and Stress, Kids and Pressure, Parents News

I think kids should work hard, use their talents and take school seriously. But more than anything, I want my kids to learn how to learn.

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Grading Time: I Give Up, You're All Exceptional

Rebecca Schuman | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Student Life, College, College Professors, Academia, College Grades, Grade Inflation, Final Exams, Grades, College Students, College News

It's that magical time in collegiate life when the sum total of a student's achievement is quantified in a series of letters. And these days, those letters are usually A's.

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What Is It Like to Have Your College Undergraduate Admission Rescinded?

Quora | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: University, College Admissions, College, College Acceptance, Undergraduate Admissions, Universities, High School Graduation, High School, School Grades, Grades, School, College News

Even after I received the fat envelope, I never made a conscious decision to slack off... it just happened.

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Your Game Plan to Conquer Finals Week

Leslie Reece Schichtel | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Studying, Sports, Finals-Week-Survival, Study Tips, Vanderbilt University, Coffee, Exams, Grades, Finals Week, Studying for Finals, College Life, Finals Week Survival, College News

Welcome to the most popular time of the year for complaining over schoolwork. Instead of adding to the unproductive noise that usually detracts from everyone's focus, combat it with these helpful tools.

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Inside DPS: Why You Should Never Miss a Parent-Teacher Conference

Jennifer Mrozowski | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Detroit, Parent Teacher Conference, Parenting, Detroit Public Schools, Grades, Parental Involvement, Detroit Education, Detroit News

I can hear it already: "Why should we have to incentivize parents to attend parent-teacher conferences?" But here's the thing: It works.

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Winter Break

Paul Stoller | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Assessment, College News, Time Poverty, Corporate Colleges, College Grades, Corporate Culture, Universities, Grades, College News

When I began professing in 1980, there seemed to be more time to teach. We had the same 15-week semesters, but my courses were much more demanding, for both me as well as for my students. Something has changed in higher education.

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Does Having A Winning Football Team Make Students Stupider?

AP | By JUSTIN POPE | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: College Grades, College Football Grades, Grades, College Grades Winning Football Team, College News

-- On campus, a successful football team is a cause for celebration. So much celebration, in fact, that three economists have found a link between a...

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Teacher Sold Grades To Pay Off Personal Debt

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Selling Grades, Video, Teacher Bribery, Teacher Sells Grades, Bribery, Teachers, School Tests, School, High School High School Teachers, Grades, School Grades, Education News

Usually, if you want to get a good grade in school, you study harder. According to a report by NBC's WBBH, students in Jeff Spires' math class at Char...

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If My Child Doesn't Get Graded, How Will I Know I'm A Good Parent?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Parenting, Report Cards, Good Parenting, Grades, Alfie Kohn, Bad Parenting, Parents News

The grades our children bring home are one of the few measures we get -- or so it can sometime seem -- of how we parents are doing. That explains why too many of us become too invested.

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Locked in A Closet For Bad Grades

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Girl Locked in Close for Bad Grades, Child Neglect, Bad Grades, Abuse, Child Abuse, Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Abuse Prevention, Grades, Video, Education News

A 32-year-old woman has been charged with one misdemeanor count of child abuse for locking her daughter in a closet for 6 hours because she earned bad...

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What It's Like To Raise A Slacker.. And A Perfectionist

Miriam Novogrodsky | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Tutoring, Perfectionist, Therapy, Homework, Parenting, Medication, Slacker, Grades, Tweens, Kid Reading, Kids Doing Homework, Parents News

I have a soft spot for slackers, they are individualists. But as a mother, I'm stumped. I have one slacker and one perfectionist. My slacker was born ...

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I'm an A-oholic

Matt Linn | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Noam Chomsky, College, College Acceptance, School Grades, Grades, High School News

It's time we stop this out-of-control obsession with all grades 90 through 100. I'll take the first step. Hi, my name is Matt, and I'm an A-oholic.

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Our Schools Need More Failure

Larry Strauss | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Grading System, Teacher Grading System, Teacher Grading, Report Cards, School Grading System, Failing Grades, Progress Reports, Grades, School Grades, Education News

Our students just filled up our classrooms for the first time last week and pretty soon the I'll be compelled to assign a letter grade to each of them on a progress report.

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The Key To Getting Better Grades

Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Video, College Grades, How to Get Better Grades, Tips for Getting Better Grades, Grades, College News

Good news for early risers -- students who take morning classes tend to get better grades, according to a new study out of St. Lawrence University. ...

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Intelligence In The Age Of Google

Ben Michaelis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Creativity, School, Education, Standardized Testing, Psychology, Grandparents, Confidence, Grades, Parents, Back to School, Education News

As we nudge, herd and prod our kids toward the limestone facades or semi-permanent trailers and across the academic threshold for another school year, perhaps it is worth taking the time to consider how we evaluate our students.

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The Most Common Grade In College Is...

nytimes.com | CATHERINE RAMPELL | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Christopher Healy, Grade Inflation College, Grade Inflation, Stuart Rojstaczer, Grades, College News

Most recently, about 43 percent of all letter grades given were A's, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960 and 12 percentage points since 198...

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The Dancing Parent: Grading Your Kid's Grades, Part 2

Leslie King, LCSW | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Parent, Kid, Dad, Grading, Children, Child, Raising Children, Mom, High School, Parenting, Tests, Evaluations, School, Grades, Education News

Let's take a look at why kids who may well have a realistic capacity to regularly receive top grades, yet who seem to be chronically underachieving.

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Without God, A Grade Of Incomplete

Lillian Daniel | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Graduation, Parenting, Families, Time Management, Graduation Speeches, Grades, Finishing School, Religion News

In the end, people are not complete, until God completes us. One day, we will meet the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. We will see God face to face, and finally be complete.

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Should Obama Show His School Transcripts?

Bernard Starr | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Barak Obama, Isaac Newton, Intelligence, Columbia University, Harvard University, Donald Trump, Pablo Picasso, Ivy League, Thomas Edison, Harvard Law School, Albert Einstein, Grades, Richard Branson, Winston Churchill, School Transcripts, Birther Issue, Dyslexia, Obama Administration, Education News

Once again Trump is demanding proof -- this time he wants to inspect Obama's school transcripts. Should we be concerned? I think not.

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Should You Pressure Your Child To Get As?

Leslie King, LCSW | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Grades, Parenting, School Grades, Kids Grades, Parents Grades, Children Grades, Healthy Living News

The iconic A has become the standard by which all is measured, and it has infected our way of seeing the world -- and very often the ways in which a mom or dad may see their own child.

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Tough Love: Mom Makes Son Stand On Corner, Wear Sign With GPA

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcat, Ronda Holder, Tampa Bay, High School Students, Tampa, Florida, Gpa, Parenting, Weird Florida, Students, School Grades, Grades, James Mond Iii, Video, Education News

If taking away your kid's cellphone or other privileges doesn't work as punishment, a Tampa Bay, Fla. mom recommends public embarrassment. Ronda Ho...

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Building Character In School Also Builds Up Grades, Says Study

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teaching Program, Character Education, Values Education, Sel Learning, Values, Grades, Social Emotional Learning, Education News

According to a study led by Loyola University Chicago professor emeritus Joseph A. Durlak, learning about social skills in the classroom may increase ...

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Beyond The Conference: Teachers Should Grade Parents, Says Florida Lawmaker

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Report Cards, Education Policy, Student Performance, Kelli Stargel, Florida, Education Reform, Florida Education News, Parent Involvement, Grades, School Grades, Poll, Parenting, Video, Education News

As lawmakers continue to debate education reform, Florida Rep. Kelli Stargel has a new idea: give teachers a break and grade parents instead. Stargel...

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Parents, What Grade Would Your Child's Teacher Give YOU?

CNN | John Couwels | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kelli Stargel, Parents School, Florida, Education, Good Parenting, Parenting School, Children, Elementary School, Parenting, Good Parents, School, Parents, Grades, Healthy Living News

If an elementary school teacher graded you on your involvement in your child's education, what kind of a grade would you get? ...

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Grade Inflation: The A Team

Nicolaus Mills | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Grades, Grade Inflation, College, Grades, College News

At one time, colleges worried about having too many students willing to settle for gentleman's C's. Now they worry about having too many students feeling entitled to automatic A's. How do we make grades meaningful for all students?

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