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You have to borrow a ton of money or suffer a mountain of debt to earn a degree. And you can start your college degree closer to home at Jackson County Learning Center in Seymour. Managerial Accounting 5:30 Soil Science 6:00 American Sign Language I 5:30 Intro to Law Enforcement 6:00 Intro to Teaching 5:30 English Composition 6:00 Exposition and Persuasion 1:00 Motors and Motor Controls 4:30 New Student Seminar 6:00 Essentials of Algebra I 5:30 Concepts in Mathematics 9:00 Fundamentals Public Speaking Th 1:00 Intro Interpersonal Communication Th 5:30 English Composition Th 12:30 New Student Seminar Th 1:00 Concepts in Mathematics Th 5:30 College Algebra Th 5:30 CNC Programming I Th 6:00 CNC Programming II Th 6:00 Intro to Sociology Th 5:30 IDI ANG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING A a ninth-grader, Li Sixin spent more than three hours on homework a night and took tutorials in math, physics and chemistry on the weekends. When she was tapped to take an exam last year given to half a million students around the world, Li breezed through it. felt the test was just said Li, who was a student at Shanghai Wenlai Middle School at the time and now attends high school.
science part was but I can handle Those long hours focused on schoolwork and a heavy emphasis on test-taking skills help explain why young students like Li in financial hub once again dominated an international test to 15-year-olds called the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, coordinated by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD. Students from Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan all from Asia were right behind. Students in the wealthy city of Shanghai, where affluent families can afford to pay for tutors, are not representative of China overall, although they are ranked as a group alongside national averages for countries such as the United States and Japan. Still, they are indicative of education trends in China and elsewhere in Asia societies where test results determine entrance into prestigious universities and often eventual career path. Shanghai scored an average of 613 on math, as compared with the nearest rival Singapore with 573, and the global average of 494.
Hong Kong ranked third in math, scoring 561, while Japan was ranked seventh and scored 536. The test is given every three years. The results have led to hand-wringing elsewhere, including in the United States, where students failed to rank in the top 20 in any category. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called the results a of educational In China, educators say hard work is a key to their impressive showing.
listen carefully in the class and do the said Bai Bing, the headmaster of school, where about 40 students were chosen to take the global test. respect the teachers, and do exactly the assignments that teachers ask them to it is a tradition that the Asians pay more attention to Bai said. In Hong Kong, 16-year-old Rosita Or said extra tutorials can extend her school days to 8 p.m. but she does credit them with improving her math grades in school. is taking them my friends, other students are taking the tutorial class.
If I do not take this tutorial class, I feel like I have missed Or said. Still, Chinese educational experts are taking a more somber view in the face of the stellar achievements by their students, saying the results are at most partial and covering up shortcomings in creating well-rounded, critical thinking individuals. Asian students dominate global exam THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A student waits to attend tutoring sessions after school Wednesday in front of leaflets displaying profiles of teachers of the tutorial academy in Hong Kong. GETTING THE GRADE BRIEFS STATE Business veteran to direct agriculture agency INDIANAPOLIS Indiana agribusiness executive Ted McKinney will be the new director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. Lt.
Gov. Sue Ellspermann, also the secretary of agriculture, introduced McKinney Wednesday as the incoming director. Gov. Mike Pence appointed him to the post effective Jan 7. McKinney replaces Gina Sheets, leaving after a year on the job to do mission work in Liberia.
McKinney grew up on a family farm in Tipton County. After graduating from Purdue University, he began his career with Elanco Products Dow- Elanco and Dow AgroScienc- es. Most recently he was director of global corporate affairs for Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Co. New AFL-CIO head aims to educate, mobilize locally INDIANAPOLIS The new president of the Indiana AFL-CIO said the state labor movement needs to revitalize itself at the community level and get more labor-friendly candidates elected to office. Brett Voorhies said revitalizing unions in Indiana will take time and patience.
He said in an interview Wednesday that the AFL-CIO needs to educate and mobilize its members on issues. It also is recruiting worker- friendly candidates for the General Assembly after its unsuccessful campaign to block passage of the right-to-work law. Delegates voted during the state convention in Terre Haute Tuesday to elect Voorhies as the new president of the organization over incumbent Nancy Guyott. Voorhies has been president of the Central Indiana Labor Council since 2011 and a political coordinator for the United Steelworkers. 1st liquefied natural gas station opens in state SELLERSBURG The opening of first liquefied natural gas refueling station has officials touting the use of the alternative fuel.
A ceremony was held Tuesday marking the opening of the station just off Interstate 65 in Sellersburg, a few miles north of Louisville, Ky. Greater Indiana Clean Cities Coalition director Kellie Walsh said the state started 2013 with six natural-gas stations, all of which sold compressed natural gas. Walsh said that the Sellersburg site is Indiana 15th natural-gas station and the first with the super-cold liquefied gas. State Rep. Randy Frye of Greensburg said the state is encouraging trucking companies to convert semis to natural gas with $15,000 tax credits.
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