They believe students are owed a good grade simply because they put a lot of effort into a class.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

In schools, the punishment for cheating could be a failing grade on the paper or in the course.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Getting a grade like a B-plus or a C-minus adds or subtracts a few tenths of a point.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Second grade teacher Alison Kerr says the main goal is to engage children in the learning process.

VOA: special.2011.03.10

A former teaching assistant recently wrote to the New York Times about his experience with grade expectations.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"Attend a sleepover,have a play date, watch TV or play computer games, be in a school play, get any grade less than an A."

VOA: special.2011.02.17

The United States and Russia signed an agreement to dispose of sixty-eight tons of weapons-grade plutonium.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

"It will go faster, you will write a better piece, you will get a better grade.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

"And it's really interesting because for many children, especially in first grade, they are very unaware that these different things go on in other homes.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

A visitor still remembers the memory aid she learned long ago from her fifth-grade teacher.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

The standards deal with language and mathematics in every grade from kindergarten through high school.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

In mathematics, students should be working with shapes in kindergarten and angles in fourth grade.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

For example,in first grade, students should be asking and answering questions about something they read.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

His ninth-grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting.

VOA: special.2010.12.02