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A new connection between apples and education.
(<a href="http://www.newsusa.com">NewsUSA</a>) - While an apple a day may keep the doctor away, it turns out that this delectable fruit can help students, too. This month you can aid specific school causes across the nation by taking a bite out of your favorite apple with "Buy an Apple...
(BPT) - When Gloria Castaneda walks through the classroom doors at Yale and takes her seat in her biology classes, she knows she’s come a long way from her hometown of Redwood City, California. And the distance is more than simple geography.  The daughter of Mexican immigrants, Castaneda has life...
(StatePoint) At a time when there’s widespread concern that U.S. students are not prepared for a changing economy that relies on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), many parents are sharing some good news about how afterschool programming is getting their children prepared in these...
(StatePoint) Maintaining strong grades in every subject can be tough on even the brightest of the bunch. This is especially true these days, as students routinely are taking on more extracurricular activities and part-time jobs while enrolled in school. Students looking to grasp complicated class...
(BPT) - Last year, a number of tech firms released reports on the demographic makeup of their employees and highlighted how diversity is severely lacking in the industry. Google indicated that 61 percent of its employees were white, 30 percent Asian, 4 percent identified as two or more races, 3...
(NAPSI)—During fair season, many young people raising livestock gain quite an education as they feed, groom and raise them for competition and sale. It's hard work, but they learn leadership, character, business fundamentals and showmanship. Ten livestock grand champions at the Governor's Sale of...
(BPT) - You’ve seen the number - $1.2 trillion in unpaid student loan debt hangs over this country. For many college graduates, loans have become another monthly expense of everyday life, like their mortgage and their car payments. If you’re considering higher-education, college may be the obvious...

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