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from the Department of Education.

The finding say that students in this program are no better off when it comes to reading than students who are not in the program.

going to force teachers to pay if they want to hook up appliances to use. Costs will range from as little as $13 for a microwave to $32 for a coffee pot and $182 for a mini-fridge.

revamped security and discipline policies, more specialized schools, and a Parent Academy as part of changes the school district would like to make.

on experts that want to see more play time in schools for kids.

students that go to a magnet school in the area could wind up at a different school next year.

protesting the cuts made to the college system and changes to how many students will be able to go to the college.

that the local school district is owed $56,700 for unpaid lunches when classes opened this fall, up 50 percent from the year before.

that enrollment at the state’s public universities and colleges has hit a new record high of 184,544 students.

is going to create a special one-year program for Boston public high school graduates who are not ready for college.

that the local school district lost 1,071 students to 103,643 students, but some schools are still over crowded.

with a report looking at charter schools. The report lists a bunch of thing that they recommend the states do in order to insure that charter school are held accountable for student achievement.

looking at alternative certification. They say that states that have a genuinely alternative route to becoming a teacher wind up getting more minority teachers into the classroom and have higher test scores.

The New York Times and the USA Today both have an article on the American Federation of Teachers head that is willing to discuss new approaches to issues like teacher tenure and merit pay.

The Washington Post reports on Randi and D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee that are going to meet.

The Washington Post reports on this school that infuses arts education into the curriculum.

that will pay down student debt if they go into the public sector.

The Post-Dispatch reports on this school district that could wind up loosing accreditation.

a high school graduation rate of 100% that has to be met by 2104. Around 80% graduate on time now.

talking about the CSU system possibly cutting enrollment by 10,000.

The Mercury News is also in with an article on this as well.

is looking to raise $25 million, cut 50 courses so money can be funneled to more prominent programs, and design a new tuition model that may give nonresidents a discount for the first time.

The Detroit News reports on this Kennedy Middle School teacher that is going to take 20 kids on a field trip to California to explore whales, wetlands, waterfalls. It will be administered by the nonprofit Earth Explore Foundation

from the local school board that want to target the struggling teachers that are not getting bonus money.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 22 sixth graders that if they get all A’s and B’s in middle school and high school classes they will get a big scholarship to Concordia University in River Forest.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports on students at this school in a study investigating whether increasing exercise alone can make a difference in a student’s body mass index.

using a 470,000 state grant in order to pilot innovative physical education programs.

looking at the Boston Public High School class of 2000. They found that the school district had 2,964 graduating students. 1,060 never went to college. 1,904 students enrolled in college, but only 675 of them were able to get a college degree or a post-secondary certificate.