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Academic Decathlon High School Dominance
In many academic competitions we have seen domination at the top level by a small group of schools. Recently we’ve been analyzing the national awards for some of the biggest academic...
Two decades of the Most Powerful Science Olympiad High Schools
Science competitions take many forms. From the research fair to the quizbowl, these competitions highlight many different skills across scientific disciplines. For the past 35 years, Science...
Is there a new FPS GIPS Power Rankings Leader?
After the 2017 Future Problem Solving (FPS) International Conference, we conducted an analysis of the Global Issues Problem Solving (GIPS) competition. In this, we found that overall, Kentucky had...
Mock Trial Dynasties: the best schools of the past 20 years
In its 35th year in 2019, thousands of students across the US competed for the National High School Mock Trial Championship. This makes reaching the national tournament no easy task, and it...
Has the new TARC Champion changed the power rankings in student rocketry?
With nearly 5,000 students competing in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) in 2019, it is certainly not an easy feat to make it to the national finals, let alone make it into the top 10...
CyberPatriot dominance & dynasties: analyzing the teams to beat from the 2019 power rankings!
In April 2019, the Air Force Association’s 11th annual CyberPatriot National Youth Education Program crowned its champions from a whopping 6,387 teams (5,144 high school and 1,243 middle school...
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