EDUCATION

We’re into a century when workers without a community or four-year college degree — including strong grounding in math and science — will be consigned to low-paid jobs. Take 100 graduating ninth-graders in New England today. Based on recent performance, there’s not a state in the region in which more than 77 will actually graduate from high school, 52 will actually enter college, or 29 will successfully graduate with either an associate or bachelor’s degree.

Grand Canyon University will launch an executive MBA program focused on leadership that was crafted with input from national business experts, including a best-selling author and the president of Southwest Airlines.

For almost 50 years, ACT has played a pivotal role in promoting student
access into and success in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) careers. ACT research points to several key steps federal and state policymakers and
educational leaders can take to strengthen science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics education.

“Reforming the nation’s high schools could potentially increase the number of graduates and reduce the nation’s crime related costs and add billions of dollars to the economy through additional wages,”

Schools weren’t always citadels of health. For years, they were more like junk food coliseums. Now, as this school year begins, cafeteria menus are being scrutinized as closely as the curriculum in preparation for compliance with recently passed legislation to better students’ diets.

Earlier this month, Missoula County Public Schools trustees caught criticism for acknowledging they used their state Indian education allocation to offset a 3.5 percent raise for the district’s teachers. That puts Missoula at odds with many other districts which have proposed more specific program spending.