NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star
NEWYORK-NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly...
A Conversation about Friendship, Failure, and the Future
By Bill Gates
| February 1, 2017
Last week, I was in New York for a conversation with Warren Buffett at Columbia University. The event, moderated...
SEVP: International Students in the U.S. Reach 1.23 Million
WASHINGTON — There are 1.23 million international students with F (academic) or M (vocational) status studying at 8,697 schools in the United States according...
PISA: Chinese Students Are among Top-performing Students in Math
London, UK— More than one in four students in Beijing-Shanghai-JiangsuGuangdong (China), Hong Kong (China), Singapore and Chinese Taipei are top-performing students in mathematics, a higher...
Reported Sexually Transmitted Diseases Reach Unprecedented High in the U.S.
Washington, D.C.--Total combined cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reported in 2015 reached the highest number ever, according to the annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance...
University of Rochester : Lam Square offers new approach to library design
Rochester- Evans Lam Square, a new state-of-the-art learning and research space in Rush Rhees Library, was dedicated on October 5.
“I always believed that Rush Rhees...
LACCD officially launched its Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs
LOS ANGELES, CA—The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) today officially launched its Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs. The inaugural convening...
Diamond Bar High Ranked #1 in CA!
DIAMOND BAR, CA—Diamond Bar High School has been ranked the #1 high school in California for college readiness, grad rates, and more.
The educational research...
LACCD SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR PERSONNEL COMMISSIONER
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is accepting applications for a vacancy on the Personnel Commission. The commissioner will serve...
Justice Dept. reaches settlement with California to ensure equal education
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department reached a comprehensive settlement agreement today with the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California State Board of...
