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die Kopfnote (-n)  citizenship grade, mark(s) for behavior

Mehrere tausend Schüler haben am Sonnabend in Düsseldorf gegen die Kopfnoten demonstriert.
Several thousand students demonstrated against citizenship grades in Düsseldorf on Saturday.
In den Siebzigern in den Bundesrepublik weitgehend abgeschafft, feiern die Kopfnoten nun ein Comeback. Lediglich in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz blieben Kopfnoten in Verhalten und Mitarbeit stets erhalten.
Largely abolished in West Germany in the seventies, citizenship grades are now enjoying a comeback. Only in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate were citizenship grades for "behavior" and "cooperation" always retained.

Related: die Note grade, mark (school), die Zensur grade, mark (school)

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