This Week’s News: Youth in Transition

Education

Program has big success preventing school dropouts
Carolina Live, Timmonsville, SC – May 22, 2010
Educators in Timmonsville are praising a dropout prevention program for at-risk high school students.  The statewide program started five years ago under the leadership of Governor Mark Sanford and the state Workforce Investment Board.  Friday, we caught up with the students from Timmonsville High School picking up trash along the highway.  It’s part of their community service project with Jobs for America’s Graduates better known as JAG, a statewide dropout prevention program.

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Canon Marks A Decade Of Innovation With 2,200 New Patents In 2009

(Lake Success, NY) – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, is proud to announce that for the 10th consecutive year, Canon Inc. has ranked as one of the top five corporate recipients of U.S. patents. Covering a broad spectrum of digital imaging innovations, consumer product enhancements, and leading-edge technology, Canon’s commitment and investment in research and development resulted in 2,204 patents in 2009, bringing the Company’s total to nearly 20,000 patents in the last decade.

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Youth Discipline- Try These Positive Parenting Tips To Turn Things Around!

Are you struggling with youth discipline, and is it tearing your family apart.  Try these positive parenting tips to help you get back on track and going in the right direction.

First of all, if you have out of control children, or even if they only misbehave sometimes, but way too often as far as you’re concerned, don’t beat yourself up.  Maybe you haven’t been the perfect parent.  Well, I have some news for you.  There is no such thing as the perfect parent.  This is a really important tip because, if you’ve been struggling with your family for a while now, it has to be wearing you down.  The emotional toll alone is huge.  So, from here on out, make a pact with yourself to let go of the past so you can concentrate on improving the future.

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