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'Home Ec" is Cool Again

This article from the Columbus Dispatch examines how the real-life skills taught in family and consumer sciences classes are attractive to both boys and girls. See http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2007/10/01/BASICS.ART_ART_10-01-07_B1_AR81UN3.html?sid=101

My Cool Job.org

Check out My Cool Job.org a career information web site for middle and early high school students. Find information and news about real jobs, interviews with professionals, career specific blogs, and job listings from The Columbus Dispatch. Hot career fields in Ohio include Arts and Communications, Engineering and Science Technologies, Health Science, and Information Technology. The project is funded by a grant from e-Tech Ohio. The URL for My Cool Job.org is http://mycooljob.org/.