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Officials want to make sure career colleges do enough to prepare students for "gainful employment" as required by law | EDUCATION REPORT
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States move quickly to approve a "common core" of goals; doing so could help them win federal money | EDUCATION REPORT
English teacher Nina Weinstein wrote the book on the subject.
Also: A group works with coaches to teach boys respect for girls and women | EDUCATION REPORT
Efforts to keep teens safe include legislation to require all states to set restrictions on new drivers | EDUCATION REPORT
Author David Thatcher discusses how the wrong one can send the wrong message.
Lyon opened the first independent school for the higher education of women | PEOPLE IN AMERICA
Groups organize an event to bring the importance of women's issues to the attention of leaders | EDUCATION REPORT
A method of bilingual education called dual immersion has spread in U.S. schools | EDUCATION REPORT
In U.S., only about one-fourth of graduates who applied for jobs have found one this year | ECONOMICS REPORT
Also, a listener question about dinosaurs and a new album of Shel Silverstein songs | AMERICAN MOSAIC
A court program in Massachusetts celebrates its 10th year of using theater to help teens | EDUCATION REPORT
Also, a question from China about turkeys. And music from Mary Chapin Carpenter’s latest album | AMERICAN MOSAIC
The University of Southern California has held the lead for eight years; its strongest ties are with Asia | EDUCATION REPORT
Sociologist Mariah Evans discusses findings of a 20-year study in 27 countries.