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Social skills, extracurricular activities in high school pay off later in life
It turns out that being voted "Most likely to succeed" in high school might actually be a good predictor of one's financial and educational success later in life.
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Mar 25, 2009 |
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Maine expanding school laptop program with Apple
(AP) -- Despite the economic turmoil, Maine is expanding its program to provide laptop computers to students.
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Study prompts new mandate for N.C. high schools
A new study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reveals that many N.C. high schools are not adequately prepared to handle the immediate medical needs of a student or employee who suffers a sudden cardiac arrest on ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Study finds that students benefit from depth, rather than breadth, in high school science courses
A recent study reports that high school students who study fewer science topics, but study them in greater depth, have an advantage in college science classes over their peers who study more topics and spend less time on ...
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Mar 05, 2009 |
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Perceived barriers prevent Mexican-American students from pursuing education, researcher finds
Only 57 percent of Mexican-American students graduate from high school, and 11 percent receive college degrees, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher found that perceived ...
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Mar 04, 2009 |
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Fewer students turn pages of yearbooks in digital age
Kristen Thompson grinned when chatting about how her parents sometimes reminisce about their school days, flipping through the pages of the yearbook.
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Gender bias found in student ratings of high school science teachers
A study of 18,000 biology, chemistry and physics students has uncovered notable gender bias in student ratings of high school science teachers.
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Too much TV linked to future fast-food intake
High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity follow ...
Jan 30, 2009 |
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High school students' paper published in prestigious college math journal
A paper written by four students from High Technology High School in Lincroft, New Jersey, entitled Ethanol: Not All It Seems To Be has been published in the January 2009 issue of The Mathematical Association of America's ...
Jan 15, 2009 |
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