Morgantown high schoolers capture Academic Showdown Championship
by WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews— The Showdown's finale took place at the Culture Center in Charleston.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—More public colleges admit high schoolers before they’ve applied. For some ninth-graders near Fresno, California, the invitation — years before they’ll don a cap and gown — comes out of the blue: You’ve been accepted to Fresno State, the letter says.
SFGate—Bay Area high school banned from championship due to coach screwup. A local high school swim team won’t be competing in the sectional championships because the team’s coach missed the deadline to submit his swimmers for the meet. Thirteen swimmers from Acalanes High School in Lafayette were denied entry to the North Coast Section championship meet this weekend because their coach, Brett Usinger, didn’t submit their entry to NCS before the mandatory deadline. That means that the eight seniors who had times good enough to qualify for the sectional title meet have...
Phys.org—High air pollution in Denmark may impact children's academic performance. Pollution from traffic, farming and wood stoves may have a negative effect on children's cognitive development, according to a new study published in Environment International on Danish students' performance in the lower secondary school leaving examination.