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UAB, Birmingham City Schools to Expand Mini Medical School Program
By Hannah Echols | UAB News Shaundra Blakemore, M.D., and Brian Sims, M.D., Ph.D., were once students in the Birmingham City Schools system who had a passion for science. After college, they transformed their passions into a career by attending medical school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Fast forward, and they are returning to […]
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Skip the Ivies for a state school, elite schools past redemption and other commentary
“If I were advising a friend’s son or daughter facing Decision Day, I’d tell them to pass on the Ivy League and go to a high-quality state school instead,” explains Nate Silver at his Silver Bulletin, with a few exceptions.
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Make parents pay for kids who miss school to curb chronic school absenteeism
In New York City, a stunning four in 10 students — some 353,000 — were chronically absent, for the last full school year (2021-22). The national figure is 22%.