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Education
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Five States Set to Expand Classroom Hours by 300 Hours
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Job Market for College Graduates Is Improving — Dollars and Sense
Good news for college students: the job market is starting to look a little brighter, with 5 percent more employment opportunities predicted for new college graduates this year, according to a recent survey conducted by the Michigan State University’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute.
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New Outdoor Classroom Added in Hudson
How many times have you looked out the window on a beautiful day and wanted to escape work or school to go outside and play?
It may not be all about play for students in Hudson, but at least they’ll get to spend some time outside in the gorgeous fall weather, in their new outdoor classroom. They just launched a new butterfly garden too.
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Job Market (Finally) Improving for College Grads — Dollars and Sense
For recent college graduates, the economic downturn and very, very slow recovery of the past few years have been brutal. But things may be looking up.
According to the Job Outlook 2013 survey, employers are on track to hire 13 percent more graduates from the class of 2013 than they did for those who walked away with their degrees in 2012.
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What Are the Most Educated Countries in the World?
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released its Education at a Glance 2012 report, and two of its conclusions jumped out at us: 1) countries that spend more on education tend to have more highly educated populations, and 2) the more educated you are, the more likely you are to be employed.
While that may not sound too surprising, it’s an important reminder of just how valuable education is in the current globalized economy—especially following a calamity like the 2008 financial collapse and subsequent recession that America is still ever-so-slowly recovering from.
Taken as a whole, the report is a good indicator of which countries are the most educated, and, helpfully, the OECD showed us how they made those determinations.
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Outrage After Male Vice Principal Spanks Female High School Student
Springtown (Texas) High School sophomore Taylor Santos had a difficult decision to make after her teacher determined that she allowed a classmate to copy her work: she could either serve two days of in-school suspension, or get paddled.
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Lufkin Middle School Seeking Community Donations
Hey, real fast. The Lufkin Middle School "clothes closet" in running in short supply for children in need, and is seeking community donations. The most notable items required are pants and polo shirts. Due to uniform policy, polo's can be any solid color except for red. Pants can be "navy", "black", or "khaki".