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Work Force is a nationally lauded high school dropout prevention program based in Cambridge that offers low-income teens mentoring, college preparation, and scholarships. In 2008, it served 130 students, leading to a high school graduation rate of 100 percent and a college matriculation rate of 92 percent. But that...
Previous research has revealed two major ways that this glamorized perception of sex contributes to teen pregnancy: by encouraging teens to become sexually active early in their adolescence and by promoting inconsistent use of contraceptives. And, notes Dr. Donald Shifrin, former chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' committee on...
The Community Computer Center program—which offers computer classes for adults and computer access for Work Force students—would likely be eliminated completely, Swanger said.
“When you close a computer center, the computers will still be there, and the kids can still use the computers,” Swanger said. “But we wouldn’t be able to staff the center with teachers teaching adults how to use...
Residents of the tiny Baltic republic of Estonia have a reputation for being practical, down-to-earth, and forward-looking. The country boasts one of the world's highest rates of mobile phone and computer use. The coding for Skype was written here. But allow the conversation to turn to...