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Principal Reflections On Student Engagement -- Using The Gallup Student Poll

Lancaster, Pa., tops a list of 190 U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest well-being, while Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio, comes in last. San Jose, Calif., has the highest well-being across large metro areas.

Americans name Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as the Most Admired Woman and Most Admired Man alive in the world today. Clinton has been the Most Admired Woman 11 years straight, Obama the Most Admired Man five years in a row.

Principal Talent as Seen Through Teachers' Eyes

Twenty-eight percent of U.S. smokers say secondhand smoke is very harmful to adults, compared with 63% of nonsmokers. Sixty percent of smokers say that smoking is very harmful to adults who smoke, compared with 86% of nonsmokers.

Democrats and, to a lesser degree, independents continue to buoy U.S. economic confidence in September. These groups' confidence rose at the start of the Democratic National Convention, and has remained elevated.

The Washington, D.C., metro area was more confident about the economy last year than were residents in any of the 50 largest U.S. metro areas. The Buffalo and Tampa-St. Petersburg areas had the lowest economic confidence.

Half of adults in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, were uninsured in 2011 -- about 10 times the rates found in four Massachusetts metro areas. Uninsured rates tend to be higher in metro areas with large Hispanic populations.

Provo-Orem, Utah, leads 190 U.S. metro areas in residents' perceptions that their city is improving as a place to live (76%). Residents of Binghamton, N.Y., are the least optimistic about their communities.

Boulder, Colo., had the lowest obesity rate in the U.S. (12.1%) across 190 metro areas surveyed in 2011. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, had the highest rate (38.8%). Obesity costs cities an estimated $80 billion a year in healthcare costs.