Two high schools on U.S. News list

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on December 10, 2009 at 3:01 pm

Hume-Fogg and MLK have both landed in the top 30 on U.S. News & World Report’s list of the country’s top high schools. Schools in Maury and Sumner County are also among the 27 Tennessee schools recognized by the magazine.

SEE ALSO: Area’s top high schools slip on Newsweek list from earlier this year

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Up a spot

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on August 20, 2009 at 8:18 am

Vanderbilt comes in at No. 17 on U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking of the nation’s top universities. That’s the school’s highest-ever rating, up one position from last year and tied with Rice and Emory.

SEE ALSO: Belmont’s rising regional rank

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A guide to the new economy

By Kleinheider Posted on January 9, 2009 at 7:40 am

From U.S. News:

What is the new economy? Robert Atkinson, lead author of the 2008 State New Economy Index and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, says that the index is not meant to measure economic performance—which is why rust belt Michigan can come in at 17th in states that have adapted to the new economy and Sun Belt North Carolina comes in at 24th. Instead, it is about which states have the economic structures in place that will allow their entrepreneurs to create long-term innovation: knowledge jobs, globalization, dynamism, and technology.

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