Technical Education

Renka Pooja and Sofina Mughal, pupils at Holyhead school in Handsworth, Birmingham, open their GCSE results. Mathew Growcoot/Newsteam

Girls are racing ahead of boys at GCSE at “worrying” speed, opening up a record achievement gap between the sexes, results show. Girls outperformed boys in almost every subject and significantly increased their clutch of top grades in the sciences compared with last year.

A record 26.5% of girls’ entries in all subjects were an A* or A grade, compared with just under a fifth – 19.8% – of boys’ entries.

This has created a gap between the sexes of 6.7 percentage points, the highest on record. In 1994, when the A* was introduced, the gap was 3.6 percentage points. In 1989, the gap between the percentages of girls and boys achieving A grades was just 1.5 percentage points.

Some 73.5% of girls’ entries achieved at least a C, compared with 66% of boys’ entries. Las

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Once you have graduated from your medical billing and coding course the next step will be landing a job in the field. While you’re past work experience and educational background plays a part in making an impression on a potential employer, creating a resume that outlines your achievements will also play a part in their decision making. As with any job seeker having a resume that is updated and well written is highly recommended. If you want to have a successful billing and coding career then below are some tips that may help you in finding a job.

1. Finding a Job in the Health Care Field
It is important for those seeking a career in the health care professional it is obtaining your certification in medical billing and coding. I Read the full post…

A rather embarrassing summer for college hockey drags on. In what was already a rather weak draft year, the NCAA has faced defections from first round picks JT Miller, earlier this month to Plymouth, Jamie Oleksiak, earlier this week to Saginaw, and now seems very likely to lose Miami recruit Connor Murphy to Sarnia, with rumors that more could follow.

This has raised a new round of the annual debate between the NCAA and CHL. Brad Schlossman took up the NCAA’s charge, while Neate Sager offered a rebuttal.

Both sides make good arguments, and the merits of each can be debated. It’s been done at length here, and there’s no need to get into again now. What is pretty tough to debate is which side is doing a better job at selling their message. What makes these three departures particularly stinging for college hockey is that all three could have played college hockey next season.

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The Ben Davis High School Marching Band has hit yet another high note: It was recently invited to perform at the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 2.

This will be the seventh time that the Westside high school has been invited to participate in the prestigious event: The Marching Giants went to the Rose Parade in 1963, 1972, 1979, 1985, 1991 and 2006.

“It’s quite an honor,” associate band director David Cole said. “We’ve had a Rose Bowl parade each decade for the past 50 years.”

To help raise money for the trip, the band will hold a free ice cream social at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the football stadium at Ben Davis High, 1200 N. Girls School Road.

Tournament of Roses President Richard Jackson will speak at 7 p.m. and present the school with a special flag marking the occasion.

If it is spring semester, spring break is on the minds of most students – and many of their parents.  Students have been hard at work since the fall, many have had a winter break at home with their families, and many students look forward to that mid-point of spring semester when they can let off steam.  Sending your student off to college as a first-year student was a sometimes frightening “letting go” experience for many parents.  One of the next major steps of independence for many students may be heading off on a trip for spring break.

Not all students travel for spring break.  The reality is that many of those students who do head for the typical spring break destinations receive a lot of publicity, but these students represent only a portion of the number of college students in the country.  Many students cannot afford expensive spring break trips.  Many students head home for some quality down time with family, or extra study time. Some studen

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