IN THE NEWS: The Science of Achievement

Students work with researchers
MISSION BAY PARK — Jorge Rivera munched on an apple while concentrating on a PowerPoint presentation on cell biology. Along with about a dozen peers, he began filling out work sheets under the guidance of a graduate student from the University of San Diego.
It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon, 80 degrees outside, with the ocean close enough to smell. But Jorge wasn't looking wistfully out the window. He wasn't forced to be there.
The Herbert Hoover High School student chose to be there. Read more from the San Diego Union-Tribune.