http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/High_School_EducationFind stories, videos, and photos about High School Education from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:39:07 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/High_School_Education14433Find stories, videos, and photos about High School Education from CNN.com.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/11/03/southwestern.vote/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/11/03/southwestern.vote/index.htmlMike Mayers said the South-Western City School District's decision to cancel sports made every day feel "like Tuesday." This particular Tuesday, however, looms larger than any Friday night when the lights shone bright and Mayers played quarterback in front of 11,000 fans at Grove City (Ohio) High. Though some of their teammates left for other schools, Mayers and hundreds of other district athletes who stayed have traded uniforms for campaign shirts and footballs for flyers in a last-ditch effort to save high school sports.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:57:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/09/21/ba.draft/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/09/21/ba.draft/index.htmlBefore the 2009 draft was even over, Baseball America was already looking to the future. After attending numerous high school showcase events and researching 18 summer college leagues and the collegiate national team, our picture of the 2010 draft class began to take shape.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:47:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/09/16/nosports/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/09/16/nosports/index.htmlThat first Friday at Grove City High was so quiet. Any other school year, the school's nationally acclaimed band would have ended the day by marching through the halls blasting the fight song. Any other school year, more than 11,000 would have gathered later that evening at the stadium behind the school to watch the Greyhounds -- better known as the Dawgs -- open their season. Any other school year, Friday would have meant something.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/11/michigan.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/11/michigan.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities have charged an Owosso, Michigan, man with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the Friday shooting deaths of an anti-abortion activist and another man, a prosecutor's office said.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/03/high.school.put.downs.study/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/03/high.school.put.downs.study/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhoever said names will never hurt you was wrong, according to a new study.Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/02/ad.council/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/02/ad.council/index.html#cnnSTCTextElmo and Gordon want you to wash your hands so you don't catch the flu.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/21/heat.football.practice/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/21/heat.football.practice/index.html#cnnSTCTextBefore Friday night lights, there is summer suffering.Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:15:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/08/03/HS_economy/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/08/03/HS_economy/index.htmlNorm Brown sold cookie dough. He sought donations for a 5K run fundraiser. He helped organize a football camp. Brown, the football coach at Independence High in San Jose, Calif., poured his energy this spring into raising money to save the athletic program for the East Side Union school district's 11 high schools. So on June 25, when the district's board of trustees reversed an earlier decision to eliminate the district's $1.8 million athletic budget, Brown should have been celebrating. Instead, the night was bittersweet.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:18:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_verducci/06/16/bryce.harper/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tom_verducci/06/16/bryce.harper/index.htmlIn his first playing day after being celebrated on the cover of Sports Illustrated as The Next Big Thing in baseball, Bryce Harper, all of 16 years old and a high school sophomore at Las Vegas High School, drew a standing-room only crowd of 800 people to an amateur game in Oklahoma (at $5 a pop, he pretty much funded the host school's program right there), attracted a media horde that included six radio and television stations and a crew from an ESPN show, E:60, and signed autographs for more than 40 minutes. Oh, yeah: He also happened to bomb two monster home runs.Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/05/dropout.rate.study/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/05/dropout.rate.study/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly 6.2 million students in the United States between the ages of 16 and 24 in 2007 dropped out of high school, fueling what a report released Tuesday called "a persistent high school dropout crisis."Tue, 05 May 2009 20:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/01/sc.missing.girl/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/01/sc.missing.girl/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe mother of a 17-year-old girl who disappeared while on spring break in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has identified her daughter on grainy hotel surveillance video.Sat, 02 May 2009 14:37:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/04/23/tyler.europe/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/andy_staples/04/23/tyler.europe/index.htmlThe reaction to the news of California high schooler Jeremy Tyler's plan was as predictable as it was tired. The New York Times reported Thursday that Tyler, a 6-foot-11 junior at San Diego High, plans to skip his senior year in high school to play professionally in Europe. In two years, when his high school class is one year past graduation, he'll return to the U.S. and enter the NBA draft.Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/13/addiction.recovery.school.teens/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/13/addiction.recovery.school.teens/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt was Halloween night when 12-year-old Lucy Gross picked up her first marijuana cigarette, starting a spiral from which she is still struggling to recover.Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:16:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20266577,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20266577,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnD.C.-area students will hear about setting career goals - and dine at the White HouseThu, 19 Mar 2009 16:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/21/mississippi.prom/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/21/mississippi.prom/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe same week an African-American family moves into the White House, a movie about a Mississippi high school's first integrated dance debuts at the Sundance Film Festival.Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:52:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/25/magazines/fortune/GatesFoundation_Wallis.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/25/magazines/fortune/GatesFoundation_Wallis.fortune/index.htmWhen Bill Gates gets worked up about something, his body language changes. He suspends his habit of rocking forward and back in his chair and sits a little straighter. His voice rises in pitch. Today the subject is America's schools.Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/10/30/heroes.wilson.nelson/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/10/30/heroes.wilson.nelson/index.html#cnnSTCTextA tumultuous home life forced country music star Gretchen Wilson to grow up quickly.Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:20:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20231987,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20231987,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe My Own Worst Enemy star credits his children for inspiring him to get a GEDThu, 09 Oct 2008 20:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/05/palin.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/05/palin.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt was the night before Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was to accept the Republican vice presidential nomination in a nationally televised speech, and Becky Moore couldn't sleep a wink.Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:10:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20215515,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20215515,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnYes, she did graduate ("really cool"), but no, she's not dating a Jonas Brother!Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:08:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/andy_staples/07/23/kevin.newsome/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/andy_staples/07/23/kevin.newsome/index.htmlKevin Newsome, an honor student from Virginia who also plays a little quarterback, won't need any help to qualify academically to play college football. So why is Newsome headed to prep school next month?Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:15:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/andy_staples/07/10/schools.economy/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/andy_staples/07/10/schools.economy/index.htmlForget the wins, which hit 300 in February. Forget the four New York state public school titles in eight years. Of all the statistics Mount Vernon (N.Y.) boys' basketball coach Bob Cimmino keeps, he cherishes one the most. He's 82-for-85. In his time as the Knights' varsity coach, all but three of his players have gone on to college. Cimmino, a social studies teacher who counts Chicago Bulls star Ben Gordon as a program alum, considers sports a critical part of any high school's curriculum.Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:27:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA Massachusetts fishing town tries to understand why so many of its teenagers made a pact to get pregnant. How one school is grappling with the Juno effectWed, 18 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/luke_winn/05/05/evans.maryland/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/luke_winn/05/05/evans.maryland/index.htmlIn the national recruiting rankings for the high school class of 2004, down past the Dwight Howard-led contingent that leapt straight to the NBA, and beyond a crowd of players who completed their college eligibility this March, was a 6-foot-3 point guard from George Wythe High in Richmond, Va., named Tyree Evans. He had scored more points in his senior year than all but two players in Virginia prep history -- Allen Iverson and Moses Malone -- and had earned a three-star rating and the 121st spot overall from Rivals.com. He had committed to Cincinnati, a supposed future gunner in Bob Huggins' backcourt. Mon, 05 May 2008 20:01:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/andy_staples/04/29/coaches.0429/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/andy_staples/04/29/coaches.0429/index.htmlIllinois coach Ron Zook believes college football's ruling class has enacted a law to keep the serfs from joining the landed gentry. Alabama coach Nick Saban, the man the rule was instituted for, hates it. USC coach Pete Carroll thinks his rivals have handcuffed him because they're lazy. And while Zook, Saban, Carroll and their ilk sit in their offices this spring, a silent majority of head coaches will breathe easier.Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:54:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/frank_deford/03/19/young.uns/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/frank_deford/03/19/young.uns/index.htmlThe world figure skating championships are underway in Sweden, but the top American woman, who is, in fact, not a woman, but a little girl, will not be there.Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:43:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/03/03/smbusiness/sports_marketing.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/03/03/smbusiness/sports_marketing.fsb/index.htmDear FSB: I have a small business called High School Sports Marketing Services that helps high school kids get athletic scholarships. We make highlight DVDs of the students and market them to colleges. I have an 87% rate of getting the students into college. My question to you is, how do I get the families to know I'm here and that I can save them money?Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:36:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20180318,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20180318,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnOut of the spotlight after revealing her pregnancy, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears is moving ahead with her life, passing her GED and thinking about college, a family friend tells PEOPLE.Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:42:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1706118,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1706118,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Pentagon is filling its ranks with young people who haven't finished high school -- and a critical report says that kind of Army will be more expensiveWed, 23 Jan 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20171736,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20171736,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnAll six of the High School Musical stars have officially signed on for High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Productions announced Monday.Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:24:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/04/news/newsmakers/gates.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/04/news/newsmakers/gates.fortune/index.htmYears before Melinda French met and married Bill Gates, she had a love affair - with an Apple computer. ¶ She was growing up in Dallas in a hard-working middle-class family. Ray French, Melinda's dad, stretched their budget to pay for all four children to go to college. An engineer, he started a family business on the side, operating rental properties. "That meant scrubbing floors and cleaning ovens and mowing the lawns," Melinda recalls. The whole family pitched in every weekend. When Ray brought home an Apple III computer one day when she was 16, she was captivated. "We would help him run the business and keep the books," she says. "We saw money coming in and money going out."Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/12/31/high.school.online/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/12/31/high.school.online/index.html#cnnSTCTextConnecticut public high schools will begin offering online courses to students next month, according to Gov. M. Jodi Rell.Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:15:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1693771,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1693771,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs the race tightens in the crucial caucus state, Obama's supporters think their organization will carry the dayWed, 12 Dec 2007 16:00:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/08/30/bc.fbn.elway.coachingso.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/08/30/bc.fbn.elway.coachingso.ap/index.htmlWith No. 7 emblazoned across his chest, the high school senior preparing for the season opener Friday night drops back and throws a dart to a receiver in the back of the end zone.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/19/Dobbs.June20/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/19/Dobbs.June20/index.htmlAmerica's once-proud public school system -- the great equalizer of our democratic society -- is failing an entire generation of students. Millions of high-school students are donning their caps and gowns this month, but a new Education Week report reveals that more than 1.2 million students will fail to graduate high school this year. Half of our black and Hispanic male students are dropping out of public high schools.Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:10:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/highschool/06/18/moving.forward/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/highschool/06/18/moving.forward/index.htmlOne of the biggest stories from the 2006-07 school year will get even more attention this fall as more state high school associations from the likes of Texas, Florida and New Jersey are looking to implement random steroid testing for their high school athletes. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:28:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/highschool/06/08/mlb.draft/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/highschool/06/08/mlb.draft/index.htmlThe high school talent in this year's MLB First-Year Player Draft was thought to be the best in recent memory, and yesterday's run on prep prospects proved that to be true.Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/17/vtech.shooting.victims/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/17/vtech.shooting.victims/index.htmlThe victims came to Virginia Tech from different backgrounds and different continents.Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402375/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402375/index.htmAbout 20 miles south of Memphis, along the Mississippi River, Tunica County, Miss., used to be a popular stop for journalists and politicians looking to be appalled by black poverty.Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/07/cec.career.tech/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/07/cec.career.tech/index.htmlHave you ever used what you learned in high school to get a job? Ask the graduates of Central Educational Center in Coweta County, Georgia, and you'll likely get a resounding "yes."Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:11:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/16/smbusiness/kid_entrepreneurs/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/10/16/smbusiness/kid_entrepreneurs/index.htmCody Chang and Jonathan Mohan didn't even know what an entrepreneur was when they signed up for a class on business and entrepreneurship at their local YMCA.Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/07/news/companies/scholastic_911/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/07/news/companies/scholastic_911/index.htmChildren's publishing company Scholastic said that it is removing materials from its Web site originally created for use in conjunction with ABC's "The Path to 9/11" amid growing controversy over the docudrama.Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:52:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/08/01/8382223/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/08/01/8382223/index.htmAMERICAN STUDENTS MAY BE POOR AT MATH, but when it comes to understanding the money in their lives, they are positively bankrupt. A recent national survey testing high school seniors about basic fi... Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/07/06/high.school.smokers/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/07/06/high.school.smokers/index.htmlNearly one in four high school students were smokers last year, a rate that has not budged in several years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/27/dobbs.june28/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/27/dobbs.june28/index.htmlSchool's out in nearly every part of the country, and students are delightfully spilling into their summer vacations with little, if any, thought of what September will bring.Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/09/time.cover/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/09/time.cover/index.htmlIt's lunchtime at Shelbyville High School, 30 miles southeast of Indianapolis, Indiana, and more than 100 teenagers are buzzing over trays in the cafeteria.Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/09/20/profile.school.nurse/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/09/20/profile.school.nurse/index.htmlA few years ago Laura Steere, R.N., nearly died while riding a frisky pinto gelding.Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:36:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/07/01/324984/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/07/01/324984/index.htmWhen it comes to teaching kids about money, America has a problem. It's not just that the majority--85% of high school students, at last count--aren't getting any school-based personal-finance educ...Mon, 01 Jul 2002 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/12/01/314319/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/12/01/314319/index.htmThere are many reasons why my family and I love New York, but for me, Stuyvesant High School, where I often volunteer, represents the best of our city. Sat, 01 Dec 2001 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/02/01/237264/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/02/01/237264/index.htmCalling four out of five Americans "financially illiterate," three influential organizations--the National Association of Securities Dealers, the North American Securities Administrators Associatio...Sun, 01 Feb 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/09/05/206685/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/09/05/206685/index.htmYour son or daughter knows this by now: Don't start an assignment the night before it's due. The same applies for a successful college search. In this case, starting four years in advance is probab...Tue, 05 Sep 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/09/05/206700/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/09/05/206700/index.htmSeven of money's 10 best college values are public schools, up from six a year ago. This is great news for students who live in the same states as these schools, because their families will pay bar...Tue, 05 Sep 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/12/26/80124/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/12/26/80124/index.htmThere is a growing income disparity in the work force between those with and without a college degree. How can high schools better prepare students headed straight for the job market? New research ...Mon, 26 Dec 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/10/01/89175/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/10/01/89175/index.htmWith prep school costs running nearly as high as the $26,000 a year that Ivy League colleges command these days, most families who send their kids to private or parochial schools must sacrifice new...Sat, 01 Oct 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/09/16/89143/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/09/16/89143/index.htmIf you think you can cut your child's college bills only by being needy enough to qualify for financial aid, you're in for a pleasant surprise. There are many other means of slashing thousands of d...Fri, 16 Sep 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/09/16/89144/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/09/16/89144/index.htmIf your child takes the SAT this fall and again next spring, his or her score on the second test will almost certainly leap, by as much as 100 points. The ^ reason: Starting in April, the College B...Fri, 16 Sep 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/04/18/79211/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/04/18/79211/index.htmScience isn't only for people who tape their glasses. That's the message of U.S. First, a nonprofit organization that holds an annual competition in which professional engineers and high school stu...Mon, 18 Apr 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78486/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78486/index.htmAmong the K-12 set, Japanese language instruction is on the increase. The Japan Foundation Language Center reports that more than 1,700 public and private schools in the U.S. now offer Japanese, do...Mon, 18 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/09/20/78335/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/09/20/78335/index.htmTHE RALPH BUNCHE public school sits squarely in Harlem, surrounded by the splintered glass and concrete trappings of inner-city life. Nearby avenues echo with police sirens, blaring music, and angr...Mon, 20 Sep 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/09/15/88300/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/09/15/88300/index.htmCHECK OFF THE THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN A COLLEGE: -- SMALL CLASSES -- TOPFLIGHT PROFESSORS -- THE CHANCE TO DO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH -- PLENTY OF PERSONAL ATTENTION -- ROCK-BOTTOM TUITION -- ALL...Wed, 15 Sep 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77001/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77001/index.htmJOBS, JOBS, JOBS! That percussive sound bite uttered by George Bush as the reason for his ill-fated trip to Tokyo has become the watchword of America's anxiety about its economic future. The giant ...Mon, 19 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/09/07/87553/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/09/07/87553/index.htmThe growth of any industry tends to spawn new businesses that feed off it, and higher education, now a $140-billion-a-year enterprise, is no exception. During the past two decades, helping parents ...Mon, 07 Sep 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76725/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/08/10/76725/index.htmWHAT DO KIDS know about the world of work, that mysterious adult realm hidden behind the concrete walls of factories and the reflective windows of office towers? Not much, and not nearly enough to ...Mon, 10 Aug 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/21/75606/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/21/75606/index.htmTHE BELLS you hear ringing in your local schools these days may be the tocsins of revolution. Stung by the failure of earlier reforms, an increasing number of states and cities are radically alteri...Mon, 21 Oct 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/21/75608/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/21/75608/index.htmIT IS THE BEST of times and the worst of times for America's schools. Best, because after years of talking about it, the nation's political leaders finally seem dedicated to radical reform. In Apri...Mon, 21 Oct 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/17/74458/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/17/74458/index.htmWILL THE DRIVE to revive America's ailing public schools, launched in the early 1980s, start producing results in the 1990s? It had better. By the latest tally, the high school dropout rate remains...Mon, 17 Dec 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/10/01/86123/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/10/01/86123/index.htmFor college-bound youngsters and their families, an aptitude for meeting deadlines is the first college entrance requirement. Failure to file the right form at the right time could hurt your chance...Mon, 01 Oct 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/09/10/86099/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/09/10/86099/index.htmMeeting deadlines is a small but important part of the college admissions process. Failure to file the right form at the right time could conceivably hurt your chances of getting financial aid or a...Mon, 10 Sep 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/05/28/73588/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/05/28/73588/index.htmBy the year 2000, every child must start school ready to learn. The United States must increase the high school graduation rate to no less than 90%. In critical subjects, at the fourth, eighth, and...Mon, 28 May 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73200/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73200/index.htmIF THE FUTURE has a voice, it is the voice of youth. To learn more about the world to be, FORTUNE asked a diverse group of 20 mostly high-school-age youths around the country about their expectatio...Mon, 26 Mar 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/02/26/73117/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/02/26/73117/index.htmDear Milton, Happy New Year, where you are at least, I hope. In New York City everything's going to pot again. The schools are falling down, the hospitals are falling down, Wall Street is falling d...Mon, 26 Feb 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/04/72823/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/04/72823/index.htmBUY A BURGER and catch a disturbing glimpse of America's future. When they ring up your order, those bustling teenagers behind most fast-food restaurant counters are pressing pictures of hamburgers...Mon, 04 Dec 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/06/19/72131/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/06/19/72131/index.htmTHE TEACHER CAPTIVATES the class as he paces back and forth, commenting, cracking jokes, asking questions. ''Everybody loves a sincere speaker,'' says the wiry young instructor, immaculately dresse...Mon, 19 Jun 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/05/01/85114/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/05/01/85114/index.htm; In a better world, we would not put our children through this. Every high school senior would know precisely what he or she wanted out of higher education; college admissions directors would hone...Mon, 01 May 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/01/30/71549/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/01/30/71549/index.htmA late entry in the contest for least surprising headline of the year was the page 1 banner across three columns in the New York Times of December 29. Nonastounding development: MANY STUDENTS FAIL ...Mon, 30 Jan 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1987/12/01/84208/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1987/12/01/84208/index.htmIt is the day after Black Monday at William Penn High School in New Castle, Del. Some two dozen youthful investors are licking their wounds. ''I just can't believe it,'' laments one junior. ''I'm $...Tue, 01 Dec 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/11/68999/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/11/68999/index.htmLISTEN: % ''He made me scared, so I pulled the trigger. So feel sorry? I doubt it. I didn't want to see him go down like that, but better him than me.'' ''I'm gonna work 40 hours a week and bring h...Mon, 11 May 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/09/01/83419/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/09/01/83419/index.htmWith today's college-age generation 15% smaller than it was in the peak years of the mid-1970s, you might expect that joining the freshman class of the best schools would be easier to achieve. Surp...Mon, 01 Sep 1986 04:01:00 EDT