Advanced Placement Participation Booming
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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.
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A-level results show that boys are improving their exam performance more rapidly than girls.
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Government exceeds target of increasing the number of pupils achieving at least five A* to C grades in their GCSEs.
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Several schools have sharply increased tuition to match colleges they consider their rivals, while also providing more financial assistance.
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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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Hedge funds run by managers who attended colleges with relatively high SAT scores regularly posted higher returns, according to a recent study.
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Thereâs a growing sense of urgency among educators that  every student should be on a college track.
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With diversity already at their core, they're intensifying recruitment of the nation's fastest-growing minority.
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Nearly 3,000 colleges now offer classes in entrepreneurship, up tenfold in the last 20 years.
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STUDENTS who are keen on biology, chemistry, mathematics and computer science will find that Nilai International's Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology's opens doors to a dynamic profession which continues to evolve with new scientific and medical discoveries.
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By Todd Davis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 24--JUSTIN -- Talk about incentive.   Soon-to-be eighth-graders attending the summer TechnoCamp in the Northwest school district did more than learn how to operate computers this year.
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The new Diplomas will be worth the equivalent of more than three A-levels in university entrance points.
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Many states, including Maryland and Virginia, are reporting student proficiency rates so much higher than what the most respected national measure has found that several influential education experts are calling for a move toward a national testing system.
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The region's academic institutions are collaborating online to court talent. Thirty-six New England universities and colleges are launching an Internet site today with more than 3,000 job openings for faculty, administrators, and hospital personnel.
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Memo to: Frustrated parents From: Health section staff At this point your teens may insist that their distractions enhance their studying. According to Poldrack, results from the UCLA study give researchers a good idea that active tasks -- involving "doing" processes, like counting beeps or singing...
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The number of Americans who volunteer to mentor students, beautify neighborhoods and pitch in after disasters is at a 30-year high, fueled in part by a boom in teen participation, a new study says.
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College students are getting a raw deal, a recent New York report asserted. The problem is they're taking too many classes from part-time, or adjunct, professors.