Daily Digest

In this Monday's Daily Digest we will be discussing Microsoft's recent announcement of large scale layoffs in an attempt to improve profits, Home Depot's move to start offering MakerBot 3D printers at a number of its locations, Ohio's June unemployment figures which remain at 5.5%, efforts from a number of top teir universities to draw more women into computer science programs, and a new report that points to a turnover rate of about 20% for teachers in the U.S., much higher than just a few years ago.

Today we discuss Dayton's emergance as a top place for STEM careers, the FCC's new plan to invest in providing wireless internet in schools, the positive impact that aviation is having on Ohio's economy, the noticable gender gap among that nation's biology professors, a report that shows which STEM based jobs are the most lucrative, and an article discussing OSC's role in leading research.

In today's Daily Digest we highlight the growing enrollment in vocational training courses by people that already have a higher education degree, the use of 3D printing at college campuses to help student projects such as building model rockets, an Ohio STEM high school that will soon be offering college level courses developed by Ohio State, growing conern over the loss of employment benefits for many long term unemployed, and a study that has found that as many as 20% of students who had planned to enroll in college end up not atteding.

Following the long holiday weekend the Digest returns with a look at the latest U.S. unemployment figures which point to a stronger recovery, a new report that examines the various reasons people pursue online degrees, the continued use of high tuition and high financial aid among private universities, Senator Brown's discussion of the need for job training to help fill open jobs in Ohio, and a local SWAT team member that has developed a new device that can help protect schools against shootings.

For this Thursday's Daily Digest we will be looking at a new 6-12 school that is using a curriculum heavily centered on math, the growth of bioscience in the state of Ohio, Americorps search for recent college graduates to work in their Cleveland programs, a $800M surplus for Ohio's budget, and the continued growth of manufacturing across the nation.

The Digest for today highlights Apple's new iTunes U App that will give teachers more control over their coursework, Carnegie Mellon University's research into how MOOCs can be improved, a ranking of colleges by cost, a study that has found a gender gap amoung the nation's biology professors, and the launching of five online degree programs at Terra State Community College. 

For today's Daily Digest we will be discussing the findings of a new research into how MOOCs are actually working, the growing number of big name companies investing in additive manufacturing, a new survey about how teachers feel about their jobs and place in society, a growing trend of college graduates becoming entrepreneurs, and research into how to improve student loan counseling tools. 

To start of this week we will take a look at the relatively high levels of diversity among Facebook employees, Ohio's choice to use both Common Core and pre-Common Core based tests in teacher evaluations, a recent study that discusses the learning outcomes from online versus traditional classrooms, a list of the best U.S. cities for STEM based careers, and China's construction of pollution cleaning towers.

For this Friday's Digest we will be discussing Airbus's increased research into 3D printed parts, Cincinnati's addition of 13,000 new jobs last month, a poorly chosen tweet that has led to an apology from the Education Dept. for its use, technical issues with the new Ohio Means Jobs website, and an expansion of additive manufacturing education at RAMTEC thanks to a grant from the Straight A Fund.

In today's Daily Digest we will be looking at Columbus's efforts to help third graders that still need to pass the reading exam this summer, Google's commitment of $50M to help encourage more women to enter computer science fields, a new 3D printing project funded by America Makes aimed at expanding additive manufacturing in the Air Force, a look at the slow response of public schools to meet the new laws on how to handle students with disabilities, and an investigation into 60 Columbus educators stemming from the student data scandal from earlier this year.