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High schoolers smoke, drink, do drugs—at school

A survey from The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University says 9 out of 10 high schoolers say their classmates drink, drug, or smoke during the school day. Half know someone who sells drugs. And seeing people abusing marijuana and alcohol on Facebook and other social networking sites makes them want to party like that themselves.

US Sec'y of Education plans Maryland visit tomorrow

A media advisory from the US Department of Education says US Education Secretary Arne Duncan will visit Perry Hall High School in Baltimore County on Wednesday, Aug. 22, for a little Q&A.

US Ed Dept offers grants for classroom-level reform

The US Education Department has published applications for the Race to the Top—District competition, which will make up to $40 million available to individual school districts that show promise of reducing achievement gaps between subgroups of students.

Quantum computer figures out that 15 = 3 × 5

Prime factorization of large numbers makes online purchases with a credit card more secure. But physicists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, might have found a way to beat it. The issue now is time.