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The article discusses findings from a learning laboratory commissioned by the Center on Policy Initiatives that explored challenges to San Diego County's inclusionary growth. Challenges that constrains inclusionary growth include lack of affordable housing, businesses having less capital to pay competitive wages, and the widening minority achievement gap. Findings showed that if San Diego fails to promote economic inclusion, it will not be able to compete globally in the future.

The article focuses on the use of mobile science laboratories (lab) by various organizations as their way to improve science education in their respective region. Topics include the views of Ross Allef of medical research group Mayo Clinic about the benefits of teacher professional development training program, the Mobile Science Lab Program, created by Aleff, serving nearly 7,000 students, and the goal of the program to increase student awareness on the significance of agriculture.

The article focuses on a digital media laboratory of the Accompsett Middle School in Smithtown, New York that was created by renovating an old storage room to allow students and staff members to create curriculum-related projects. Topics include purchase equipment used for the digital lab and lighting arrangement for the room. Also discussed is the recruitment of students for testing in the lab.

The article focuses on the donation by Abe Issa, chief executive of energy company Global Efficiency Energy LLC, for the construction of Abe Issa Field Sales Laboratory at the Neeley School of Business in Texas Christian University.

The article explores the science teaching and learning activities offered to K-12 students at the Saturday Science Academy (SSA) at Charles R. Drew University (CDU) of Medicine and Science as part of SSA's ninth-annual Junior White Coat Ceremony on January 17, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. It discusses the effort by SSA to provide a three consecutive eight-week sessions in which the students were given smaller versions of adult lab coats that encouraged them finish the academic sessions.