I love this article because I see so many of my students going in this direction! It talks a lot about the link between education and employment rates.
This article is a great example that the focus shouldn't just be on the test scores, but that the effort the students' make is crucial. It shows that, once again, the input reflects in the output.
Though this article is more than ten years old, the story of a Mars orbiter crashing because of forgetting to convert between English and metric units is a great example to use in class.
This activity had a huge impact on me in high school and it is something I would love to do with my students! This article is a good demonstration of the importance of this contest.