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Meet Three High Schools Where ‘It’s Cool To Be Smart’

July 2, 2010

Three schools providing students with a deep understanding of STEM subjects, serious research experience and national recognition are highlighted.

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HELP WANTED: New Report Finds Nearly Two Thirds of All Job Openings Will Require Postsecondary Education by 2018

June 28, 2010

According to a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, about 63 percent of the 46.8 million job openings created by 2018 will require workers with at least some college education. Of these job openings, less than 36 percent will require workers to have just a high school diploma or less, finds the report, Help Wanted: Projections of Job and Education Requirements Through 2018.

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Three Groups Apply for Race to Top Test Grants

June 23, 2010

Three state consortia will vie for $350 million in federal financing to design assessments aligned to the recently unveiled common-core standards, according to applications submitted Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Education.

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Small NYC High Schools Found to Boost Achievement

June 23, 2010

MDRC releases a new study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — which has invested more than $150 million in New York City schools — that suggests that small schools have succeeded in boosting graduation rates for the city’s most academically challenged students.

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Where are all the science majors?

June 9, 2010

Neither universities nor high schools are preparing enough U.S. students in so-called STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering, and math. While observers blame different causes – lousy secondary schools, boring college courses, lazy students – few deny a crisis exists.

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