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Detroit: The Next Silicon Valley?
Tech job openings rose 82% in Detroit, with companies like Google and Ford hiring engineers in droves. And, college grads in Detroit say...
How Awesome is Your State?
Every state is the best at something. Wyoming has the cleanest air, California is safest for workers, and Colorado has the lowest obesity rate....
Obama Calls for Fix of No Child Left Behind by Fall
The audience assembled at an arts-centered middle school in Virginia cheered wildly today as President Obama called for a rewrite of the nation's education...
Korean Vocational Training Center Teaches Afghans Invaluable Skills
The Korean Vocational Training Center, opened earlier this year on Bagram Air Field, is wrapping up training for its first class of Afghan students....
Good News About Stress Management: How “Good” Stress Keeps Us Going & Growing
Every health and lifestyle magazine contains articles claiming stress is bad for us. They list dozens of ways to relieve stress, from exercise to...
School Keeps Secret Message for Graduate Whose Dad Went off to War
With her father away on military service in the Middle East, Chelsea Jusino was resigned to attending her high school graduation without him.
But when...
A Long Overdue Change to Help Young Adults Get Coverage
As American families celebrate high school and college graduations this month, they can also cheer another piece of good news: this week, the Obama...
Health Insurers Extend Benefits for College Grads
Some college graduates won't have to worry about their health coverage expiring when they leave school this year. WellPoint and...
Obama Attacks High School Drop-out Rate; Gen. Powell to Help, So Can You
Do you remember the commencement speaker at your high school graduation? Well, this year the event will be absolutely memorable for one lucky high...
Make Sure to Get All Your College Tax Credits and Deductions
As tax deadlines approach, college students and their parents take note: new tax rules may help you keep more money in your pocket. Taxpayers...
Obama Unveils Education Initiative: 2-year Colleges to Get $12 Billion Boost
The White House proposed a massive effort to retrain workers on Tuesday by strengthening our nation’s community colleges and creating five million additional college...
Stimulus Money Helps Revive Summer Youth Jobs Programs
School’s out and young job seekers across the country have less than a 30 percent chance of finding work. For disadvantaged youth and high...
Homeless Girl Finally Has a Home: Harvard
She is known as the "smart girl". . . the girl who landed at Jefferson High School only 18 months ago. What her friends...
Entire Fourth Grade Class Promised College Tuition, Graduates
A nine-year journey ended Tuesday for about 50 high school students who, as fourth-graders at Wallace Elementary, were promised college scholarships if they...
2008 American Government Innovation Awards
Sweeping the honors for this year’s Innovations in American Government Awards are three states: Missouri, for its successful approach to rehabilitating juvenile offenders; North...
NEA Takes Stand Against Homeschooling – Sign the Petition
These statistics, along with the accompanying Wall Street Journal article, show that home-schooled students do exceptionally well. "They excel in (and win) spelling bees,...
Web Sites Provide Big Savings on College Textbooks
Because the average first-year college student today spends over $900 on textbooks, Web sites have sprung up offering price-comparison tools that help save 50...
Lack of Short-Term Memory Doesn’t Stop New Grad
College freshman Andrew Engel was diagnosed in 1995 with a malignant brain tumor, and after treatment was left without any short term memory. His...
A Brain Tumor, the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
It appeared suddenly. Blackness blotted out my vision. A moment before, I'd focused on the cards that I held. Now I was blind. Then--like...