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  2. Patrick Francis - Wikipedia

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    Francis was born in 1991. [1] who has autism and limited speech, began painting as a child, alongside his older sister Lesley Francis.[2]He later studied at Brunswick Special Development School, where he had the opportunity to first participate in exhibitions and competitions in 2005.

  3. Employment of autistic people - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, around half (53.4%) of young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) worked after leaving school (2011 figures), this rate being the lowest among disability groups. [39] [73] Michael Bernick and Richard Holden (2015) estimate that the overall unemployment rate for autistic Americans is between 60% and 70%. [46]

  4. Maria W. Stewart - Wikipedia

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    Maria Stewart was born Maria Miller in 1803 in Hartford, Connecticut to free African American parents. In 1806, by the age of three, she lost both parents and was sent to live with a white minister and his family where she worked as an indentured servant until around the age of 15, where she received no formal education.

  5. Issues in higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The report added that factors include "the cost of higher education after grants; the length of time in school and the likelihood of certificate or degree completion; the earnings returns from a given level of degree, major, or institution; the student's demographic background; and local economic conditions." [78]

  6. Big shakeup as 3 Kennewick school administrators announce ...

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    The school board voted for new officers at the meeting, promoting first-term school board member Micah Valentine to a leadership role as vice president. 30-year education career

  7. Raising of school leaving age in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    From 1900, the Board of Education wanted all children to remain at school until the age 14 but continued to allow most children to leave school at 13 or sometimes 12-years-old through local by-laws. Many working-class parents did not see education beyond basic literacy and numeracy as relevant to their children's economic futures.

  8. Adult education - Wikipedia

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    Exemplary situation – a workshop, the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) Annual Conference in Wellington, New Zealand in 2012. Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. [1]

  9. K–12 education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Typically, the curriculum in public elementary education is determined by individual school districts or county school system. The school district selects curriculum guides and textbooks that reflect a state's learning standards and benchmarks for a given grade level. The most recent curriculum that has been adopted by most states is Common ...