Why HOPE®? 

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Students know that today’s job market is very competitive and the future doesn’t look much better. Students can only hope the job market loosens up when they graduate … is there any real hope for them? The answer is YES!

HOPE®, The…

Traditionally LEDs were viewed as an excellent lighting alternative offering significant energy savings, albeit with inferior visual performance compared to some lighting options.



Over the past few years, the energy savings LEDs provide have continued to grow at an impressive pace. In fact today´s LEDs are more than twice as efficient as LEDs from just five years ago, offering 25-30% energy savings compared to CCFLs and up to 80% savings compared to…

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High-Achieving, Low-Income Seniors’ College Decisions

In this New York Times article, David Leonhardt reports on an experiment designed to 

see what leads well-prepared seniors from low-income communities to apply to – or not apply to – highly selective colleges. “The results are now in,” he reports on the study conducted by Caroline Hoxby and Sarah Turner, “and they suggest that basic information can substantially increase…

Richard Allington on Doing Right by Struggling Readers

“The good news is that we now have an essential research base demonstrating that virtually every child could be reading on grade level by the end of first grade,” says Richard Allington (University of Tennessee/Knoxville) in this powerful article in The Reading Teacher. “Now the question we face is this: Will we use what we know to solve the problems faced by the children who struggle to…

For Public Schools, Twitter Is No Longer Optional

PORTSMOUTH — A Rockingham Superior Court judge issued an emergency order Tuesday that requires the owners of a downtown apartment building to "immediately" fix a host of code violations, or find temporary housing for the tenants.

The order by Judge Kenneth McHugh pertains to a building at 78 Bridge St. that city officials say is "unsafe," "hazardous" and rife with gas, electrical, plumbing, health and safety violations. City officials also…

How to Turn an Urban School District Around—Without Cheating