Daily Digest: Top Math Achievers, College Kids Disenrolled, and More
“So much of the education debate is about bringing up the struggling students, which I’m all in favor of, but high-achieving students are important when we talk about success in scientific and technical fields.”
–Glenn Ellison, M.I.T. Economics Professor
Top Math Achievers Are Spread Unevenly Across Similar Schools – “Looking at more than 2,000 U.S. high schools that one might imagine are most likely to succeed based on their student demographics, a new study finds strikingly wide variations in the share of top-achieving students in mathematics.” Education Week
New school options coming to CPS – “As part of its ongoing effort to offer more education options to kids, Cincinnati Public Schools in 2013-14 will open the region’s second New Tech Network high school – a school that gives kids laptops, real-world projects and teaches them how to problem-solve in groups, like they would in the business world.” Cincinnati.com
UT, BGSU set to disenroll students with overdue bills – “Officials at both UT and BGSU are enforcing policies this year that will disenroll any student not in good financial standing or who lack payment plans for overdue bills before fall classes begin.” Toledo Blade
Could Ryan Lure Younger Voters To GOP? – “Ryan graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 1992 with degrees in economics and political science. And his ascension to the GOP ticket thrills Rob Harellson, a member of the school’s College Republicans (as was Ryan, two decades earlier).” It’s All Politics : NPR