Results tagged “privateschool”

A UT study says that obese girls are only half as likely to go to college as young women who are not obese, reports the Chronicle. The study, which also tracked boys (in whom no correlation between educational choices and weight was found), studied over ten thousand kids over the course of several years. Statistics were adjusted for other factors known to affect college attendance in previous studies, such as income level and ethnicity....

This week, the Jewish Press ran an article wondering whether Houston will become the "Nation's Next Voucher Battleground" after last month's rally on the issue in Austin. As it turns out, a good contingent of Houston-area synagogues sent representatives over to Austin to show their support of private school vouchers. The whole voucher debate never ever seems to end continues throughout Texas and the U.S. in a lively manner, and thus the folks of...