Children of Immigrants Poised to Be Key Members of Next Generation in Science

Newsweek and The Daily Beast recently released their list of the best high schools in America.

US News & World Report ranked Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Arlington as the second-best public school in the country this year, and the acclaimed, highly selective magnet school in Northern Virginia held the No.

Who are the most brilliant kids in the world? How much would the world benefit if we could find out, and get those kids training from the best educators on the on the planet?

NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade.

America's public education system is a mess. The U.S. is by far the richest country in the world, but our education system ranks a pathetic 17th among developed countries. American students, meanwhile, are ranked only 25th in proficiency in math, 17th in science, and 14th in reading.

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The Washington Post has the full text of the outline of the bipartisan group of Senators' proposal to provide sweeping reform to the nation's immigration system.

COMMENT “Unless there are aboriginal people in this building,” councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam intoned at city council on Thursday, “every single one of us, and our ancestors, arrived to this country at some point in time as undocumented workers…. Let’s acknowledge that once and for all.” Actually, let’s not.