In California's San Francisco Bay Area, a nonprofit foundation has raised the bar for local students, with impressive results. In the nearby Central Valley, a like-minded program introduces children to art, along with a healthy dose of "soft skills" like creativity, relationship-building and teamwork. Meanwhile, across the country, an unlikely pilot from Miami who made aviation history has set up an academy to train those who'll follow in his footsteps. And in Albany, New York, a little-known college has committed increasing amounts of money and resources to educate what could be the next generation of young scientists.

Perhaps the most important document that we should read and discuss on campus[es] says nothing at all about higher ed. It is the leaked 96 page New York Times Innovation report, called Strengthening Our Newsroom: Digital First, written by 10 Times employees.

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Students who graduate from rural schools are less likely than their non-rural peers to have completed a biology, chemistry, and physics course in high school, according to a new federal report. The National Center for Education Statistics released "The Condition of Education" on Wednesday, an annual report that examines more than 40 aspects of education in the nation, including enrollment characteristics, school populations, and postsecondary education costs.

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