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Baltimore School With Zero Students Proficient In Math Has Highest Graduation Rate

Baltimore School With Zero Students Proficient In Math Has Highest Graduation Rate

Via StockBoardAsset.com,

Baltimore’s community is absolutely stunned after ‘Project Baltimore’, an investigative reporting initiative, which was launched in March 2017, by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. asked this question:  How can a high school with zero students proficient in math, have one of the highest graduation rates in Baltimore City?

Professor Lets Students Choose Their Own Grades For "Stress Reduction"

Professor Lets Students Choose Their Own Grades For "Stress Reduction"

Authored by Anthony Gockowski via CampusReform.org,

 

A University of Georgia professor has adopted a “stress reduction policy” that will allow students to select their own grades if they “feel unduly stressed” by the ones they earned.

According to online course syllabi for two of Dr. Richard Watson’s fall business courses, he has introduced the policy because “emotional reactions to stressful situations can have profound consequences for all involved.”

Only Employment Gains In The Past Year: Those With A High School Diploma Or Lower

Only Employment Gains In The Past Year: Those With A High School Diploma Or Lower

In its latest, July, snapshot of the US economy, the NY Fed observed something startling, and which hasn't received much discussion in the media: when looking at the June report, over the past year the only employment gains have gone to less educated Americans, or as the NY Fed puts it, "over the last year, the employment-to-population ratio has risen for the less educated." It added that "for those with less than a high school degree and for high school graduates, the employment-to-population ratio rose by 0.4 percentage point and 0.9 percentage point, respectively.

The Best-Paid U.S. Jobs Requiring No Bachelor's Degree

The Best-Paid U.S. Jobs Requiring No Bachelor's Degree

If you're looking for a well-paid job but you don't have the money, time and sheer patience required to complete a four-year bachelor degree, do not fear!

You will find more statistics at Statista

As Statista's Nial McCarthy points out, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, plenty of U.S. jobs require an associate degree (usually taking two years), a postsecondary nondegree certificate or a high-school diploma.

A Shocking Thing Happened To College Tuitions In 2016...

A Shocking Thing Happened To College Tuitions In 2016...

The staggering inflation rates of college tuition over the past couple of decades has been a frequent topic for us.  As the Wall Street Journal notes today, the cost of educating our snowflakes has soared since the early 90's and outstripped overall inflation by nearly 4x.  It seems that the liberal indoctrination of an entire generation is very expensive business.

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