The Best High Schools In America 2012

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 The Best High Schools In America 2012 This piece comes to us courtesy of U.S. News & World Report. When considering your child's education, it may be hard not to focus on the potential loans needed to pay for college or the outlook of the post-graduation job market. Sending your child to a top high school can ease that transition into the adult world. Often, students who graduate from a great high school do so with college credits, scholarship money, and marketable skills. Student Loans Interest Rate Extension Fight Heads To Senate 6th Grader Earns Perfect Score On SAT Math Section The Unexpected: 5 Hidden Costs of Public High School Study: Recess Helps Black, Latino Students Perform In Class Mother Who Sent Son To School With Stun Gun Says She'd Do It Again BLOG POSTS Sec. Arne Duncan: Ask the Teachers Nothing is more important than preparing our children to compete and succeed in the global economy. That means we need to make teaching not only one of America's most important professions, but also one of America's most valued profession. Matt Greenfield: Is It Time to Stop Using the Word 'Textbook'? Charging $162 for a textbook may or may not be morally acceptable, but I am pretty confident that it will soon cease to be commercially sustainable. Scott Bittle: Dr. Shaq and the Nation's Real Dropout Problem We all know that few student athletes make it in professional sports. What's not as well known is that shockingly few Americans students manage to complete college at all. Tamar Todd: Why I Want a Medical Marijuana Dispensary Near My Children's School Most offensive is the notion that legal access to medical marijuana sends the wrong message to kids. I find the existence of legal medical marijuana very easy to explain to my children. This is what I tell them: Research and science matter. Lori Ungemah: Thoughts on Teacher Appreciation Week Tell them they have made a difference in your kid's life, or your life, or both. Tell them how and why. Be specific. Just tell them. Because knowing that you made a difference in someone's life is, hands down, the best gift of all.

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