Does Education Reduce the Risk of Unemployment?
The Calculated Risk blog has charted the unemployment rate by level of education, according to the Beureau of Labor Statistics, from 1992 to 2008. The results are interesting. (Click HERE, or on the chart to enlarge.) For more information, see Unemployment Rate by Level of Education >>
5 Years in a Row: More Apps than Spaces at Charter Schools in Denver
Jeremy P. Meyer reports on DenverPost.com: West Denver Prep — which some parents have come to view as a first step toward college and possibly a lifeline out of poverty — is rated the second-best school in Denver. The school's college-preparatory curriculum and swift interventions for struggling students have been touted for helping at- risk kids beat the academic odds. West Denver Prep now posts some of the best academic growth in the state. The middle school also draws nearly double the number of applicants it can seat, meaning waiting lists are long and disappointments high during the annual school- choice enrollment period. It's ...
Will the Next ‘Google’ Come from an Entrepeneur-in-Residence Program?
Ashlee Vance and Claire Cain Miller, of The New York Times, report on a popular trend among venture capital firms hoping to become extremely wealthy: ...This coveted position, called an E.I.R. in Silicon Valley shorthand, is emblematic of the valley’s economy of ideas. Most E.I.R.’s receive a monthly stipend of up to $15,000 to sit and think for about six months. In return, the venture capital firm usually gets the first shot at financing the idea that emerges from this meditation. “The E.I.R. takes out some of the risk because they are known quantities,” said Adam Grosser, a partner at Foundation Capital. ...
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