Where Are America's High-Performing Students?
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The nation cannot afford to waste talent in an era when skills are in short supply.
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A new survey indicates the number of foreign graduate students enrolling for the first time at American universities is down 6 percent this year &#151; the third straight decline after a decade of growth. Educators worry the trend is eroding America's position as the world's leader in higher education.
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The most physically fit group of third-, fourth- and fifth-graders tend to score highest on an academic test known as the Illinois Standard Achievement Test, a group of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reports.
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The University of North Carolina is  the best U.S. collegiate breeding ground for budding  entrepreneurs, according to rankings published by Forbes  magazine on Friday.
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WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Even though one out of three American children live within a mile of their school, barely half of those students regularly bike or walk to class, researchers report.
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U.S. eighth-grade students are improving in science and math compared with international peers, but the nation's fourth-graders have stagnant scores and are slipping behind in both subjects, according to a study of achievement across the globe.
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You won't find their names on the rosters of most MIAA schools. They hail from the Boston area, but play at various prep and private schools, Cushing Academy, Notre Dame Prep, and Winchendon among them.
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Education and business leaders urged an overhaul of the U.S. school system, including ending high school at the 10th grade for many students. Current teaching is failing to prepare young Americans for the global economy, members of a bipartisan panel said Thursday.
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U.S. News & World Report - The nation's 76 richest colleges earned a market-beating 21.3 percent on their billions of dollars in tax-free endowment funds in the fiscal year ending last June 30, according to a report issued today by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
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Despite some improvements in its education system, Germany has fallen behind other western nations, a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said. According to the OECD, 40-plus percent of young people in countries such as Denmark, Australia, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland complete university courses. The organization noted, however, that graduation rates tended to be "highest in countries where programs are of short duration.""By contrast, in Germany and Austria, where programs are longer, only 20 percent of young people get degrees," the OECD noted.
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GCSE results have shown the biggest increase in top grades since 1999, with girls still out-performing boys.
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A number of leading public universities are drawing increasingly impressive and affluent students.
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Students in Cardiff are among the highest-earning undergraduates in the country, a survey has found.
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Though just teenagers, the applicants to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are a scarily accomplished lot. They have started businesses and published academic research. One built a working nuclear reactor in his garage. In their high schools, they have led every extracurricular club and mastered the SAT.
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Some graduates say it's the chip-on-your-shoulder culture. Some say it's the Christian Brothers, the Catholic teaching order that has run the school for 157 years and preaches a pragmatic use of intellect. Some say it's the fierce competition for grades and respect. Or the military component. Wha...
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Much has been made of the United States&#146; voracious appetite for oil and the fact that much of it is imported from unstable parts of the world. What is often overlooked, however, is that the United States produces a good deal of oil domestically. Where does the United States rank among the world&#146;s top oil-producing nations as of 2005?
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More students are passing Advanced Placement exams in every part of the country, as college-level work in high school becomes increasingly common &#151; and competitive.