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Education

Setting Out: New Grads' Quest For Work

Accounting Grad Didn't Figure On Job Rejections

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Melanie Singer has long been preparing for a career as an accountant. Despite intensive networking, meetings with a career counselor and three internships, she is discovering there is no formula that results in a job.

Accounting Grad Didn't Figure On Job Rejections

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Letters Of War From Student Soldiers

Elizabeth Samet teaches English at the United States Military Academy at West Point. In the March 25 issue of The New Republic magazine, she writes about the correspondence she maintains with some of her former students after they are deployed to war zones. She reads some of those letters for host Scott Simon.

Letters Of War From Student Soldiers

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Study: College Grads Unprepared For Workplace

Human resources managers reported to researchers at York College in Pennsylvania that recent college graduates are woefully unprepared for the demands of a job in the real world. So the college is giving students some lessons in professionalism.

Study: College Grads Unprepared For Workplace

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Some Recent Grads Face Health Care Coverage Gap

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Tracking The Overhaul

Some Recent Grads Face Health Care Coverage Gap

Despite a health care overhaul provision that allows young adults to stay on their parents' health plans until age 26, many 20-somethings and their families are discovering that when that coverage begins varies. It creates what the new health care legislation was supposed to eradicate: health care haves and have-nots.

Some Recent Grads Face Health Care Coverage Gap

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For-Profit Colleges Flexible But Expensive

In California, where community college nursing programs have huge waiting lists, many students are turning to for-profit colleges. Critics say students are being forced to take on more debt than they can afford.

For-Profit Colleges Flexible But Expensive

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Ariz. Ban On Ethnic Studies Divides Educators

Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) signed into law a ban on classes that are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnicity. The law targets any ethnic studies classes in the state's public school system that "advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals."

Ariz. Ban On Ethnic Studies Divides Educators

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Economy

Economy Seems Bleak For Graduating Law Students

Finding a solid job is tough for the class of 2010, especially in the legal world. Host Robert Siegel talks to five graduating Georgetown Law students about their plans. Some have sent out hundreds of job applications, but still haven't landed anything. But one student turned his glum job prospects into a political opportunity -- he's running for office in Maine.

Economy Seems Bleak For Graduating Law Students

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Children's Health

The Academic Fallout Of Teen Athlete Concussions

Most of the discussion on concussions in sports has focused on professional athletes -- mainly football players -- and how there needs to be better knowledge and training in treating head injuries. The issue is much more prevalent and serious at younger ages, however -- particularly at the high school level. According to recent research, 400,000 concussions occurred in high school athletics in the 2005-2008 school years. For all those student athletes, the focus has been on how head injuries affect the athletic side of things. Now, the House Education and Labor Committee is examining what one concussion expert calls the untold story -- the academic consequences of head injury on the student athlete.

The Academic Fallout Of Teen Athlete Concussions

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School Rehires Some 90 Fired Teachers, Counselors

The low-performing Central Falls High School in Rhode Island made national headlines in February after district officials fired nearly 90 teachers and counselors. But after dramatic negotiations, the district has reached a deal with the union to return all staff members to their jobs. Guest host Allison Keyes talks with education reporter Elisabeth Harrison, who is covering the story for Rhode Island NPR member station WRNI.

School Rehires Some 90 Fired Teachers, Counselors

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Cell Phones Help Pakistani Women Learn To Read

Kosar Ghaffar Ahmed, 17, participates in a literacy program in which students learn through transcribing text messages. John Poole/NPR hide caption

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Along The Grand Trunk Road

Cell Phones Help Pakistani Women Learn To Read

In a small Pakistani village, a group of young women takes a step toward the future, by learning to read. And their class relies on cell phones, especially text messages that give them lessons in reading and writing. It's a stop along the Grand Trunk Road that NPR's Madhulika Sikka won't soon forget.

Steve Inskeep reports

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All Tech Considered

School Buses Now Take Wireless Internet For A Ride

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The Vail School District in southern Arizona last year installed a wireless router above the front windshield in buses for students who have long commutes. After hearing about the program, about 25 U.S. school districts have also signed up for the service. But one concern for administrators is making sure every student has a laptop.

School Buses Now Take Wireless Internet For A Ride

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In India, Can Schools Offer Path Out Of Poverty?

About 176 children between the ages of 6 and 11 attend this primary school in a village on the outskirts of Aligarh. But many of them must skip class to help work on their families' farm. Kainaz Amaria for NPR hide caption

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Along The Grand Trunk Road

In India, Can Schools Offer Path Out Of Poverty?

India recently passed a law providing children with the right to free education. But public schools are inadequate and child labor remains common. As a result, many parents turn to better-equipped -- but costly -- private schools. On the Grand Trunk Road that crosses South Asia, NPR explores the plight of young people in this series.

Philip Reeves reports

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Life On An American Campus In The UAE

The United Arab Emirates has attracted a slew of U.S. schools that are eager to scoop students who want an American degree. Michigan State in Dubai has about 100 students who come from all over South Asia and the Arab world. And in Abu Dhabi, an NYU outpost could change the definition of an overseas campus.

Life On An American Campus In The UAE

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Race

Arizona Law Targets 'Ethnic Studies'

On the heels of the state's highly controversial immigration law, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a new bill targeting "ethnic studies" classes in public schools. The law prohibits schools from offering classes "designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group" -- or that "advocate ethnic solidarity." Michele Norris talks to NPR's Ted Robbins about the new law.

Arizona Law Targets 'Ethnic Studies'

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