May 24, 2013

Edition: U.S.

High School Graduates

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High Schools May Have To pay For Unprepared Graduates

| Jackie Mader | Posted 01.30.2013 | Home

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This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. Mississippi and Maine have become the latest in a series of states to question whether sch...

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College Enrollment Expected To Slip Over Next Decade

| Ben Wieder | Posted 03.18.2013 | Home

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This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Center on the States that provides daily r...

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Indiana Commission: Increasing Education Attainment An Urgent Priority

Kokomo Tribune, Ind. | Lindsey Ziliak | Posted 01.15.2013 | Home

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The Indiana Commission on Higher Education had a clear message for Howard County Wednesday night: increasing educational attainment here is an urgent ...

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12 Things You Need To Know About The Economy And Education

Posted 09.27.2012 | Home

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A paper for The Hamilton Project analyzes the associations between education and various outcomes, highlighting a dozen economic facts on the state of...

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Is Now the Time for Mandatory National Service?

Karen M. Whitney, Ph.D. | Posted 09.29.2012 | College

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For American society, a program of national service would instill the American ethic of service to country as a ritual of attaining adulthood.

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Duh

Kevin Jennings | Posted 08.24.2012 | Impact

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Today's young people want to get to work and make a difference. We just aren't giving them the opportunity to do so.

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Failing Students At Rhode Island Middle School Allowed to Graduate

Posted 06.13.2012 | Home

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Dozens of eighth graders at Rhode Island’s Calcutt Middle School who failed two to three of their core classes of math, science, English and social ...

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Senior Pranks: Where Do You Draw The Line?

AP | MARTHA IRVINE | Posted 06.07.2012 | Home

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CHICAGO -- Well, it's that time of year again. Time to stash a dead fish somewhere to stink up the school hallways. Time to drop tennis balls on the h...

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10 Best Job Opportunities For Disadvantaged Young New Yorkers

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.06.2012 | Business

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There are 172,000 "disconnected youths" neither working nor in school in New York City, but according to a recent report, there's still hope for gainf...

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Most Recent High School Graduates Not In College Are Jobless

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 06.06.2012 | Business

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Elizabeth Pedigo, 21, of Toledo, Ohio, graduated high school in 2008 but has struggled at college. Right now she's taking a year off from her two-y...

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College-Going 'Culture' Takes Root In Low-Enrollment Schools

| Melissa Bailey | Posted 08.04.2012 | Home

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This piece comes to us courtesy of New Haven Independent. Cheers arose for a new effort to get high school seniors into college—cheers, though as...

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These High-Paying Jobs Don't Require A College Degree

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.13.2012 | Business

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that you can still make a boatload of money without a bachelor's degree. You don't even have to be Mark Zuk...

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A Big Reason To Stay In School

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.21.2012 | Business

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You know the old advice about staying in school so you can get a job? It's more true now than ever. More than half of the high school dropouts in A...

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Many With Only High School Diploma Laid Off During Weak Recovery

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.09.2012 | Business

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For many in the United States, the two years since the end of the recession have been worse than the downturn itself. Among those Americans with o...

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Denzel Washington: We Are Failing Our Kids

Posted 11.22.2011 | Home

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Academy Award-winning film director Ron Howard, basketball star LeBron James, musical artist Ashanti and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington...

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Small Town's High School Graduates Went To War After 9/11

AP | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 10.28.2011 | Home

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SUPERIOR, Mont. — Longtime guidance counselor Dan Lucier studies hallway-mounted photos of past graduating classes at Superior High School, poin...

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Three-Step Financial Action Plan for Graduating High School Seniors

Scott Gamm | Posted 08.15.2011 | Business

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It is important for parents to talk about money with their children. An action plan for families to ensure their college-aged child is prepared for financial life in college and adulthood

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Protect the American Union by Supporting Public Schools

John H. Jackson | Posted 07.26.2011 | Home

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For the United States to be a global leader in postsecondary education by 2020, it will take a higher level of accountability from teachers, parents, our youth and policymakers to maintain our Union.

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U.S. Wages Aren't Keeping Up With U.S. Productivity, EPI Says

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

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Ever feel your work isn’t being adequately represented by the final amount on your paycheck? Turns out that nagging sense of injustice isn’t j...

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Learning Works Charter School Chasers Help Dropouts Graduate

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

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"Chasers" make all the difference at Learning Works! Charter School in Pasadena, California. Unlike at a typical educational institution, the Learning...

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The President Goes to High School

Sec. Arne Duncan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Our signature reform initiative, Race to the Top, set a whole new pace for dramatically improving public education. All but four states have now applied for one or both rounds of the program.

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Recession Creating A Lost Generation; Young People Can't Find Jobs

BusinesWeek | Peter Coy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Bright, eager -- and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global workforce, the most enduring harm is being done to y...

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