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...Reading Game center in San Francisco dangles the same kinds of knicknacks as rewards, but Eighth-Grader Andrew Morris seeks a bigger prize. He hopes to boost his test scores so he can apply to a prestigious high school. In English, he has climbed from B to A. Equally important, he says, "it's helped me to feel more confident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Teaching the Three Rs for Profit | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...LOOK at many newspapers," said my eighth grade English teacher, "you'll find subjective comments disguised as objective facts. The New York Times remains a truly objective paper--that's what makes it so special." As a native eighth grader, I had little cause to question her. After all, I could see for myself that the Times was head and shoulders above the Post and Daily News...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Silencing the City | 10/26/1985 | See Source »

Marking papers "is one of the most significant parts of a student's education. If we take teaching seriously, we must take marking papers seriously," Marius wrote in his grader's manual...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Expos Head Calls for Much Stiffer Standards for Evaluating Papers | 10/22/1985 | See Source »

Agassiz School After-School Program, Ski Team, House Intramurals, House Committee, Unit Test Grader--Social Analysis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1985 Candidates for Harvard Class Marshal | 10/2/1985 | See Source »

...seven-year-old girl with AIDS to enter a second- grade class provoked an angry parental boycott in two Queens school districts, and a lawsuit has been filed seeking a reversal of school-board policy. In a bizarre twist to that case last week, the attorney representing the second- grader announced that there is evidence that the child does not have AIDS after all. The city health department stuck by its contention that the youngster has AIDS. Mayor Edward I. Koch said last week that he would appoint a medical panel to review the recommendations of the existing committee that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gala with a Grim Side | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

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