Epidemic. Crisis. Educators use these words to describe the dropout problem. But no one really knows how big the problem is because states can make up their own criteria for deciding which students are considered dropouts. A recent study shows
Educators soon may be able take the "learning can be fun" adage to another level using computer-simulation games with new technologies created by NASA and a yet-to-be-selected game developer.
Hansen, a 5-foot-10 striker, currently ranks fourth in the Premier League in scoring. The Cortes Island native has pocketed 13 league goals and seven Cup goals in guiding the Belles to a Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup title.
In a multiple dual race format, the Vikes raced three different crews on the weekend head-to-head on the Redwood Shores 2000 meter course. Opponents included no. 5 ranked Washington State and no. 6 ranked USC, as the Pac-10 crews are
The Canadian Science Writers’ Association (CSWA) has announced the finalists for the 2007 Science in Society Book Awards. Entries must have been published in Canada in the 2007 calendar year. The deadline for entries was December 15, 2007. The awards...
The Santa Clara women's tennis team finished the WCC Championships on Sunday against third seeded Loyola Marymount. In the battle for fifth place, the Broncos made a valiant effort, but were unable to pull through for a win, falling 4-0.
Going to the Moon? Don't forget your duct tape. Thirty-six years ago when Apollo 17 astronauts found themselves a quarter million miles from home with a damaged moonbuggy, a roll of "good old fashioned American gray tape" saved the day.
A new study of young children living in extreme poverty found that those whose mothers showed symptoms of depression had low levels of cortisol, a hormone activated during times of stress, compared with children whose mothers did not exhibit depressive
What do UC Berkeley students read? From Why do Men Have Nipples? to the novels of J.K. Rowling and Jane Austen, three large surveys of freshman reading habits, each conducted a decade apart, identify ephemeral — and enduring — undergraduate
With the Wyoming High School Activities Association board of directors preparing for its biennial task of reclassification, the Star-Tribune decided to take a look at surrounding states to see how Wyoming's method of classifying its schools stacked up to the
Cassie Suffolk is going home. Miljana Cejic is going to be reunited with her best friend. Both are going to continue their basketball careers in California.
BOYS SOCCER Class 4A n RIVERTON 1, SHERIDAN 0: At Riverton on Friday, Jose Arellano scored the only goal of the game in the 60th minute as the Wolverines beat the Broncs.
