New York City’s Elite High Schools to Benefit from Diversity Push
(Photo: Matthew McDermott, NY Post) The New York City Department of Education announced a series of reforms meant to expand minority enrollment at elite high schools in NYC to be implemented throughout the summer months. Officials say that although black and Hispanic students account for 68% of city school students, they only make up 11% of […]
High blood pressure and sleepless nights? Have sex to help keep healthy, say experts
SEX can be better than a workout – it can keep your blood pressure low, improve the quality of sleep and even ease aches and pains, according to experts. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Virginia to Change High School Graduation Requirements
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has signed legislation that will overhaul his state’s high school graduation requirements in an attempt to make high school more relevant to the working world and accommodate students who do not want to go to college. The bill has not specified how it plans to adjust high […]
Inflation falls as air fares become cheaper and high street clothes shops slash prices
INFLATION fell in April for the first time since last September as air fares became cheaper and clothes shops slashed prices on the high street, according to official figures. Daily Express :: Finance Feed
At least 17 people injured after London bus smashes into shop on busy high street
AT LEAST 17 people have been injured after a bus crashed into a shop on a busy high street in northwest London. Daily Express :: News Feed
Urban Institute Report Aims to See Why High School Progress Stalls
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Despite the considerable increase in the academic achievement of elementary and middle school students since the 1990s, efforts to improve the academic quality of schools across the country have tended to leave out high schools. While federal accountability policies require testing to be done in math and reading for students between third […]
Clashes and tear gas as police evict 277 asylum seekers from Paris high school
PROTESTERS in Paris have been tear-gassed as they demonstrated against the decision to evict at least 277 asylum seekers who had been living in a high school. Daily Express :: World Feed
South Carolina High School Shifts Transgender Bathroom Policy
(Image: WMBF News) After being threatened with a lawsuit, Horry County Schools in South Carolina agreed to allow a transgender student use the boys’ restroom, but only after he was suspended in January. The Transgender Law Center (TLC), an organization that works on changing laws and policies so that all people can live equally, safely, […]
REVEALED: British prisoners hooked on DEADLY legal high smuggled in with DRONES
BRITISH prisons are “awash” with deadly legal highs with the number of deaths linked in synthetic cannabis soaring, it has been claimed. Daily Express :: News Feed
Two thirds of high risk diabetes patients are being FAILED by doctors, study finds
PEOPLE who struggle to control their type 2 diabetes are not being given the right treatment by their GPS, researchers have revealed. Daily Express :: Health Feed