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NEWS ABOUT: grades

grades stories: 7 news summaries
OPINION

 Obama, Biden Earn A-Minuses 

Pundits offer wide-ranging report card

Apr 29, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - On President Obama’s 100th day in office, Mark Halperin of Time provides a White House report card:
  • Barack Obama: A-. “Instantly comfortable and highly skilled at the hardest job in the world.”
  • Joe Biden: A-: Operates "precisely in the manner he and
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Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • media • Michelle Obama • pundits • Grover Norquist • grades • Obama administration • analyst • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Jonathan Alter • 100 days • Marcy Wheeler

 Facebook Users 
 Get Lower Grades 

Then again, non-users study 11-15 hours a week

Apr 14, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - College students who use Facebook are less likely to be crowing about their grades in status updates, according to a new study that found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that non-Facebooking students get significantly higher grades. The Facebook users all said in a survey that the site didn’t interfere with their study... More »

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social networking • study • higher education • Facebook • college • grades

 Colo. District to 
 Ditch Grade Levels 

Students in Adams 50 will progress based on knowledge, not age

Feb 10, 09 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Faced with a 58% graduation rate and falling test scores, officials in Colorado’s Adams 50 school district are doing away with traditional grade levels as part of a massive educational transformation, the Christian Science Monitor reports. When the program is fully phased in, students will no longer be separated... More »

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education • high school • Colorado • elementary school • school districts • grades • educational programs

GLOSSIES

 A Big Win for 
 Black Nerds  

Scorn for 'thinking they're white' long an obstacle

Nov 11, 08 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama provides a boost for black educational achievement that is much more powerful than any policy. His bookish example may throw a lifeline to black nerds who, scorned for "acting white," feel pressure to slack academically to stay cool, John McWhorter writes in New York. Research shows... More »

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education • Barack Obama • school • grades • nerdiness • African-Americans • President Obama

Parents Rate Online Report Cards an 'A'

Students can't hide, 'forget to bring home' real-time progress

Nov 3, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - As more schools embrace digital learning tools and assignment calendars, up-to-the-minute GPAs are going online as well. Students whose schools use online report cards don't have the chance of hiding a low test score, because their parents need only log on to see Junior's latest grades. But it can breed... More »

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education • parents • No Child Left Behind • grades • high school students • online report cards

With Harvard's Help, Good Grades Pay Off in Chicago

System rewards as much as $50 for A's—and half depends on graduation

Oct 17, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago public high schools are paying students for good grades under a program funded partly by Harvard University, the Tribune reports. Freshmen get $50 for A’s, $35 for B’s and $20 for C’s, with half their earnings held until they graduate. Some 20 other Chicago-area schools, encompassing... More »

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education • high school • Chicago • money • school • grades • payments

Grade Hackers Face Jail and $250K Fines

Others cheated too;
FBI, attorney general
on the case

Nov 5, 07 8:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Two ex-undergrads at Fresno State U. have been charged with hacking the school's system to up their grades—and face up to 20 years in jail and $250,000 fines, Computerworld reports. John Escalera, who worked the computer help desk, reportedly hacked the Peoplesoft management system in 2004 to raise... More »

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security • Fresno State • hackers • grades • John Escalera • Gustavo Ravo • computer

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