News tagged with graduate school

California high school exit exam gets a failing grade in Stanford study

Graduation rates for low-achieving minority students and girls have fallen nearly 20 percentage points since California implemented a law requiring high school students to pass exit exams in order to graduate, according to ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Want better math teachers? Train them better, says MSU scholar

It's time for the United States to consider establishing higher standards for math teachers if the nation is going to break its "vicious cycle" of mediocrity, a Michigan State University education scholar ...

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created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Cancer death rate gap widens based on education

(AP) -- The gap in cancer death rates between college graduates and those who only went to high school is widening, the American Cancer Society reported Friday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Disadvantaged students reap most financial return from college education, study finds

With the college admission season upon us, teens across the country are glued to college websites in hopes of learning whether they have been admitted to their school of choice.

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created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

She's going back to school but can she read?

Five million students will return to Canadian schools this month. If nothing changes at least a million will fail to graduate high school.

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created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

School districts should encourage citizen involvement in education policy making

COLUMBIA, Mo. -President Obama's "Race to the Top" grant program, which encourages school districts to compete for $4.35 billion, has made a strong push for education reform. While much of the education reform debate has ...

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created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immigrant Blacks More Likely to Attend Elite Colleges

A larger proportion of immigrant black high school graduates attend selective colleges and universities than both native black and white students in America, according to a study by sociologists at Johns Hopkins University ...

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created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Undocumented students face barriers to higher education

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research released by the College Board shows that because of financial barriers and exclusion from the legal workforce, only a fraction of undocumented high school graduates go on to college. The board ...

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3