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She's going back to school but can she read?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Five million students will return to Canadian schools this month. If nothing changes at least a million will fail to graduate high school.
California high school exit exam gets a failing grade in Stanford study
Apr 22, 2009 |
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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 ...
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As graduation rates go down, school ratings go up
Feb 14, 2008 |
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A new study by researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas-Austin finds that Texas' public school accountability system, the model for the national No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), directly contributes to lower ...
One class increases odds of college graduation for struggling students
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A researcher at Ohio State University has developed a course on learning and motivation strategies that actually increases the odds that struggling first-year students will graduate.
Bill Gates: Better data mean better schools
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. must improve its educational standing in the world by rewarding effective teaching and by developing better, universal measures of performance for students and teachers, Microsoft co-founder ...
Childhood leukemia survivors struggle with long-term comorbidities
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Survival rates of childhood cancers, especially leukemia, have improved greatly in the past three decades, but survivors of this disease still seem to face many health and lifestyle challenges as young adults. Depending on ...
Education expert urges schools to help their students feel more involved
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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New research from a University at Buffalo expert on classroom education has identified six factors that affect whether elementary, middle and high school students will engage in the activities of their schools or feel alienated.
Better Grades And Greater Incentives Help Explain Why Women Outpace Men In College Degrees
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Girls have long gotten better grades than boys in all levels of school. But while at one time few women used those academic skills to get degrees, new research suggests that growing incentives are helping draw women to college ...
Preventing Spread of HIV in Jails: Best Window of Opportunity Early in Incarceration
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With World AIDS Day less than a week away, two new studies from Yale School of Medicine show that jail inmates, one of the highest risk groups for AIDS, are far more likely to be tested for ...
Study reveals the paths of Ontario secondary students to their post-secondary destinations
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers at Queen's University looking at the transitions young people make from secondary school to university, college, apprenticeship and the workplace found that over 60 percent of first-year college ...
Racial disparity in lung cancer rates narrowed in young adults due to larger decrease in smoking
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers, particularly black teenagers, is narrowing the disparity in lung cancer rates between blacks and whites, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & ...
Debunking fears: Latino growth does not boost crime
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Dec 09, 2009 |
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Rural industries, such as meat-packing and textile manufacturing, create job opportunities that have brought significant numbers of Latino workers and their families to small- and medium-sized towns. This influx of Latino ...
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