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Proponent calls Common Core the 'great equalizer of education'
Daily American Staff WriterPennsylvania's Common Core standards are academic standards, not a curriculum. Common Core State Standards are intended to make sure that high school graduates are prepared to succeed in higher education, the military or the workforce regardless of where...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Students
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PHOTOS: The girls of Big Break Mexico
Channel Guide MagazineMeet the ladies of GOLF CHANNEL's Big Break Mexico golf skills competition series premiering May 13 at 9pm ET and airing Mondays. Season 19 of GOLF CHANNEL's golf skills competition series Big Break has six men and six women in a mixed team format at... -
Almost half of college grads need more to be career-ready
ReutersMore than 40 percent of recent college graduates in the U.S. are either working at jobs that don't require a degree or need more training to attain the career they want, according to a poll released Tuesday. An online survey of about 2,000 young workers...Tags: Colleges and Universities
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President of Bethel prepares to retire
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- For Steven R. Cramer, the reality of his upcoming retirement likely will set in during the next few weeks, after the flurry of commencement activities. President of Bethel College for the past nine years, Cramer admits it will be hard to...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, University of Notre Dame, Carnegie Hall, Colleges and Universities
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Northern May 2013 graduates
More than 250 students will receive degrees during Northern State University’s spring commencement, exercises, which begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the NSU Barnett Center. ESPN sports journalist and best-selling author Buster Olney will deliver...Tags: Culture, Music, Entertainment, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Psychology
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Commencement speakers strive to inspire, entertain
Expectations are high for this year's commencement speakers at Maryland universities — an august crew that includes the Obamas and their team of writers as well as funnyman Bill Cosby and Hollywood director Jason Winer. But to stand out — or...
Tags: Government, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Stanley A. McChrystal, Barack Obama, Morgan State University
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Susan Kabot: Nova Southeastern offers aid for adolescents with autism
It seems like every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce the results of a new study finding increasing numbers of individuals with autism spectrum disorder. No longer is autism a low incidence disorder. With a prevalence rate of 1:...Tags: Nova Southeastern University, Autism Speaks, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Colleges and Universities
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Graduates must resist the urge for simplicity
Members of the Class of 2013, I salute you. As everyone keeps telling you, you are graduating at a difficult and even frightening time. I wish it were otherwise — that my generation was bequeathing you a finer world. We aren't. The world into...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Class Conflict, Authors, Yale University
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New college grads face difficult job market
Jackie Carter had it all mapped out. She would attend college year-round and graduate early, land a job in criminal justice, start paying off student loans, move into her own apartment and invest in her first smartphone. But the 22-year-old Towson...
Tags: Towson University, University of Maryland, College Park, Baltimore County, Employment, Employment Opportunities
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Demand for college ag grads is strong this spring
For months, Matt Green has been hearing from companies that are interested in hiring him. “It just doesn't let up,” the University of Minnesota-Crookston senior says of employer interest. Green and many other college students majoring in agriculture...Tags: Michigan State University, Conservation, Agricultural Research and Technology, Employment, Science and Technology
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Holy Cross graduate ready to go where needed
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Lillian Nyakaisiki is a nurse, a sister of the Holy Cross and will graduate from Holy Cross College on Saturday. May 11. Unlike most soon-to-be graduates, her future, she says, is not really in her hands, but rather in the hands of God....Tags: Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Colleges and Universities, Education, Nursing
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Specialty courts in Lake and Cook counties help keep veterans and people with mental health problems out of trouble, officials say
Nicholas Rodriquez did not know Seneka Harrington three years ago, but both of their lives were spinning out of control. They were in serious trouble following arrests on various felony charges. Rodriquez, now 22, had recently left the Navy. After an...
Tags: Prisons, Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse, Mental Health
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