May 2005 report from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) “on the success and shortcomings of high schools in California.” The “report examines high schools through the lens of three groups of high school students”: 1) dropouts (students who fail to graduate), 2) “general” track students (those who graduate without qualifying for a four-year university or online university), and 3) “university” track students. The report includes a summary.
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Category: Business – Economics
The three principal ways of organizing a business are: as a sole proprietorship, as a partnership, or as a corporation. There are three major types of bankruptcy proceedings. A classic public relations technique is call The Rule of Threes.
Government Benefits
Use a simple three-step process to "identify the government benefits you're entitled to." While "many benefit programs are not featured yet in the GovBenefits web site," it is "expanding regularly to include more programs." Representative categories include veterans, disaster victims, farmers, ranchers, students, seniors, unemployed, home owners, health professionals, and widows. This site is that rare and beautiful bird, "a partnership of many Federal agencies and organizations."
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Google Alerts
"Google Alerts are e-mails automatically sent to you when there are new Google results for your search terms." Three types of alerts are offered: "News," "Web," and "News & Web." Track news stories and learn about new Web pages. A "News Web" alert is an e-mail that lets you know when new articles related to your search term make it into the top ten results for a Google News search or the top twenty results for a Google Web search."
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