Pre-K, Job Growth, STEM Report & More

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 10:23am

Free Program Helps Columbus Parents Prepare Kids for Kindergarten  (The Columbus Dispatch) – Starting its second year in Columbus, SPARK, a pre-kindergarten online program, plans to enroll up to 500 children this school year, up from 200 last year.

Hype over Census Bureau STEM Report is Overblown (The Washington Post) – Statistics that indicate the United States’ shortage of scientific workers are being called into question.

Ohio Adds 244K Jobs under Kasich: Recovery Slow (LimaOhio.com) – While Ohio has done well to recover from the recent recession, its job growth is slow in comparison to other states.

Ohio Ranks near Bottom on Long-Term Care (The Columbus Dispatch) – Ohio ranks 44th among states in meeting the long-term-care needs of its older and disabled residents, according to a recent scorecard by AARP.

US Army Looks to 3D Print Warheads (3DPrint.com) – According to a recent report in ‘Army Technology‘ the Army is also working on something which could kill more people, faster, and more efficiently.  That would be 3D printed warheads.