Number of Students Leaving School Early Continues to Increase, Study Says

"Almost six years after a lawsuit forced the city to pledge to keep better track of students who leave public schools without graduating, the number leaving high schools has continued to climb, according to a report to be released Thursday by the public advocate’s office. The report raises questions about why more than 20 percent of students from the class of 2007 were discharged — the term for students who leave the school system without graduating — but 17.5 percent from the class of 2000 were. Much of the increase has come from students who are discharged in the ninth grade, which has gone up to 7.5 percent for the class of 2007, but was 3.8 percent in 2000."

A. Lincoln, Private and Public (Interview with Historian Ronald C. White)

"Ronald C. White Jr., a Huntington Library fellow and a visiting professor of history at UCLA, is the author of the bestselling books Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year) and The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words. His latest book A. Lincoln: A Biography (2009) has been a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times bestseller and a History Book Club selection." This article is an interview with White about Lincoln.

The 2009 Time 100 (Most Influential People)

The 2009 Time 100 (Most Influential People) "In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world."

Interactive Chart: First 100 Days of Presidencies

Interactive Chart: First 100 Days of Presidencies

Self Conficence for Leaders

"I will share a few suggestions about how you can build your self-confidence, as it is a key quality that leaders must possess. . ."

The Facebook Generation vs. the Fortune 500

"The experience of growing up online will profoundly shape the workplace expectations of 'Generation F' – the Facebook Generation. At a minimum, they’ll expect the social environment of work to reflect the social context of the Web, rather than as is currently the case, a mid-20th-century Weberian bureaucracy."

Fortune 500 (2009) Women CEOs

"From health care, to food, to retail, to technology, these 15 women show what it takes to lead some of the nation's biggest companies."