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• Now more optimistic, job-seekers dust off resumes
• Kids Who Bully May Be More Likely to Smoke, Drink
• Should Colleges Require Students to Give Up Facebook Passwords?
• Poor Funding to Blame for Minority Students' Educational Inequity
• Florida rejects 'Parent Trigger' bill for failing schools
• Some Teens Start College Work Early Via Dual Enrollment
• Mass. panel backs school dropout age of 18
• Smug Colleges, Fake Wines, and the End of Greyhound Racing

Now more optimistic, job-seekers dust off resumes Posted: CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Like many unemployed Americans, Gint Butenas is cautiously hopeful that things might be about to go his way. The 57-year-old information technology worker was laid off by a pharmaceutical manufacturer in 2009. At the time, Butenas recalls the economy was losing 250,000 jobs a month so he saw little point in even looking for work. After completing a master's degree to improve his IT skills in 2010, he is now looking for a job and noticing signs of improvement. ...

Kids Who Bully May Be More Likely to Smoke, Drink Posted: FRIDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- Middle and high school students who bully their classmates are more likely to use cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana than other students, according to a new study.

Should Colleges Require Students to Give Up Facebook Passwords? Posted: COMMENTARY | A recent blog post by Y! Tech notes that an increasingly number of colleges and employers are required their students and workers to surrender their Facebook and other social networking passwords. This has obviously drawn some criticism from individuals who question whether this is a violation of personal privacy. Will this trend continue, or will protests cause organizations to stop this practice?

Poor Funding to Blame for Minority Students' Educational Inequity Posted: COMMENTARY | In a March 6 press release, the U.S. Department of Education announced our nation's minority students are receiving inequitable educational experiences, according to a 2009-10 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) report. Among the factors responsible for this are less demanding curricula and inexperienced teachers. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan believes "the everyday educational experience for many students of color violates the principle of equity at the heart of the American promise," declaring it is necessary to ensure this does not continue to happen.

Florida rejects 'Parent Trigger' bill for failing schools Posted: TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida's state Senate narrowly killed a bill on Friday that would have allowed parents with children in failing public schools to leapfrog their local school boards and take control. The controversial "Parent Trigger" plan that backers said would empower parents by allowing them to direct efforts to turn schools around needed a simple majority vote to pass, but the measure failed with an even 20-20 tie. It would have given parents a slate of options that included turning schools over to for-profit charter school companies. ...

Some Teens Start College Work Early Via Dual Enrollment Posted: Senioritis is said to sap the energy, dull the mind, and waste the time of high school students. But some teens have found a cure for the blahs: "Dual" or "concurrent" college classes let them earn high school and college credits for the same course. Some students go to a college campus, usually a local community college, while others study at their own high schools. Nationwide, more than a million high school students are taking at least one college class, it's believed.

Mass. panel backs school dropout age of 18 Posted: Massachusetts high school students would be required to stay in school until age 18 under a bill approved Thursday by a legislative panel hoping to reduce the number of students who drop out of school.

Smug Colleges, Fake Wines, and the End of Greyhound Racing Posted: Now that The New York Times pay wall is live, you only get 20 free clicks a month. For those worried about hitting their limit, we're taking a look through the paper each morning to find the stories that can make your clicks count.

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