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...undergraduates seem genuinely eager to change what they view as an unacceptable dearth of geographic knowledge. And, as the tide of globalization advances ever further, ignorance becomes ever more costly. But what does it mean, exactly, to study geography? For many people, the word conjures unpleasant memories of fourth grade state capital exams. Geography, however, is about much more than just memorizing locations and place names (although that’s a good start). It goes beyond content to give people skills necessary for a sophisticated understanding of the social sciences and current events. The roles of ethnic minorities...
...North Carolina - that now includes firms headquartered in Germany, Switzerland and Austria - approached high schools and community colleges in the Charlotte area to develop Apprenticeship 2000, a four-year program for students interested in technical careers. The participants, who are recruited as 11th-graders and must maintain a 2.5 grade-point average, get paid to attend community college and, upon completing the apprenticeship, are guaranteed a job offer but are not obligated to accept it. Starting salaries are generally between...
Jason B. Munster ’07 said that the cube encouraged conversation at his dinner table, spurring a discussion about Martin Luther King Jr., 8th grade sports coaches, and other outstanding leaders in the lives of the students...
...with the right prescription for Shelbyville. The high school has established a credit lab, a sort of open study hall that lets at-risk kids recover credit from classes that they have failed. The principal at the elementary school is trying to identify at-risk kids in first grade. In the middle school, students are taking high school--graduation pledges, promising to be onstage with a diploma along with the rest of their class...
...balked at letting him back in. He had to wait until a new principal arrived before he could convince the school that he was serious about his new leaf. But now he had to catch up quickly on a lot of lost years. "I went back with a fifth-grade education," he says. "That was the last time I had paid attention in school...