The hospital still doesn't earn Health Grades' highest rating for bypass surgery.

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Between inspections, violations and fines, having to earn letter grades and the soda ban plan, the cost of business is too much, he said.

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Teenagers and young adults of low socioeconomic status who have a history of in-depth arts involvement earn better grades and have higher rates of college enrollment and attainment than those that are not exposed to the arts.

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By allowing students to focus their outside-of-class study time on the topics and concepts that are most challenging to them, adaptive learning has been shown to help students study more efficiently, develop greater proficiency and earn better grades.

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High school students with high grades and excellent test scores are likely to go to good schools and earn high returns on their investment, says Mr. Vedder.

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Upstart asks students to create profiles with basic information such as what schools they attended, their area of study, grades, job experience and internships, and uses a statistical model to project how much they will likely earn over the next decade.

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