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...result, the high schools are lavishing attention on ninth-graders because experience shows that incoming students who don't have good study habits and preparation for the academic demands of high school usually lag behind and stay there. Huron High has added classes for middling achievers called Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID), designed for freshmen who enter with a GPA between 2.0 and 3.5 and show the potential to succeed in honors classes. The AVID classes teach them how to take notes and study for exams more effectively, and provide tutoring. Samir Webster, who came to Huron last year with...
First, “there’s a long reporting lag,” he said. The Business School doesn’t publish career data from the previous graduating class until November—while most second-year MBA candidates accept job offers the preceding spring...
...interest in the approximately $1 million system (IBM won't say which at this point). "Airports are [likely] to become the next major bottleneck," says Ronan Anderson of the Airports Council International Europe. "Anything that alleviates that is more than welcome." Agreed. Now can IBM do something about jet lag? More Fun With Accounting W hen it comes to interpreting the E.U.'s stability and growth pact, there are no limits to French and German creativity. With both countries at risk of breaching the pact's rules - demanding euro zone countries' budget deficits remain below...
...small receiver kept in a pocket or purse, and originate from the patch's hairlike filament that penetrates ever so slightly beneath the skin. But it doesn't probe deep enough to draw blood. Instead it measures glucose levels in the body's interstitial fluid. These readings often lag behind actual blood-sugar levels by about 15 minutes, but experts say that's still plenty of time to spot a problem. Navigator's repeated readings let patients know when their glucose levels are trending dangerously high or low--or holding steady. And that's particularly liberating for Type 1 diabetics...
...greenhouse emissions and increase renewable energy use, climate change has also struggled to stir voters. "I think once they've done water and the Tasmanian forests, they're almost exhausted," says one senior scientist. After leading the world in climate-change awareness in the late 1980s, Australians now lag behind, says climatologist Graeme Pearman. In most parts of the country, worries the former head of atmospheric research at the CSIRO, "it's just not on the public's mind...