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

VOA: special.2009.03.12

It represents more than a million students every year who entered ninth grade but do not complete twelfth grade.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

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

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

VOA: special.2009.04.16

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

VOA: special.2009.03.12

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

VOA: special.2009.10.12

"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

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

VOA: special.2009.12.07

An F is a failing grade worth zero toward a student's grade point average.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Forty-seven comments followed a story about college student grade expectations.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

Five schools received a top grade for requiring six subjects.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

It's Me,Margaret", "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and "Blubber."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

"What I have seen is a lot of kids really take off because they do have the one-on-one attention and they are up to grade level, if not beyond,as a result of having been in the program."

VOA: special.2010.07.16

He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class: What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well.

VOA: special.2009.03.12