As Poverty Continues to Rise, Fewer Ohioans are Receiving State Aid (The Columbus Dispatch) – The number of Ohioans receiving public assistance continues to drop even while poverty increases, raising questions about how the state helps the poor.
Education and Health Improve for Ohio Kids, but Poverty Persists (Public News Service) – Ohio is in the middle of the pack in a national snapshot of child wellbeing, ranking 24th among all 50 U.S. states.
Growth in College Grads’ Starting Pay Lags the Rest (The Columbus Dispatch) – Starting salaries for recent college graduates have risen far more slowly than the average earnings of all U.S. workers since the recession, an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco found.
Principals in US Are More Likely to Consider Their Students Poor (The New York Times) – More so than any of the other 29 countries in the study, principals in American schools believe that many of their students come from socioeconomically disadvantaged homes.
Study: Young Female Scientists Face Sexual Harassment, Assault While in the Field (The Washington Post) – As government initiatives push women to enter careers in science, a new study reveals that young female scientists are getting sexually harassed and even assaulted while conducting field work crucial to their success — mostly by their supervisors.
