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on a new National Research Council report saying that math is mainly ignored in pre-k settings for literacy.

The Sacramento Bee reports on some colleges that are trimming tuition increases or even cutting tuition.

The Washington Post reports on a Naval Academy professor that is challenging rising diversity in the academy.

The Detroit News reports on Western Michigan University and Saginaw Valley State University raising tuition.

The Boston Globe reports on small colleges facing the pressure to reinvent themselves due to financial pressures.

The Indy Star with an article on a state board that wants to see tuition increases of no more than 5%.

The Miami Herald reports on too many students and not enough spaces in south Florida community colleges.

The Des Moines Register reports on Des Moines University that may open an optometry school.

on Education Secretary Arne Duncan who wants the NEA to be more open to merit pay.

on an education group that says the educators can improve schools if they make lessons more relevant and less geared towards high test scores.

on relaxed federal rules helping graduation rates in Michigan. The state is being allow to count students who need five years to graduate.

on people that are becoming tutors in order to make extra cash.

on Sukhjit Bains who is suing the school district over how the school district assigns students to classrooms.

on school buses using a controversial radio-programming system called BusRadio. Congress wants an FCC review of this.

on schools in the state that are going to lose an extra 39 million in funding.

on Robert Bowman who wanted to become a Lawyer and has racked up over 400,000 grand in debt. He debt i so high says that article he has been refused entry to the New York bar even though he has passed the exam.

I would like to say that he should be let in to be a lawyer. The interest alone on his debt is more than he could even make in a month working at McDonald’s. I also do not see how his debt could go up over 100 grand in four years.

The amount of debt he has racked up is not going to be easy to pay off even if he let in to be a lawyer though.

The Indy Star reports on a panel that says that college tuition rate increases in the state need to be lower.

The Tennessean reports on dual enrolled students getting extra help to pay for college classes.

Gannett News Service reports on the interests rate of a Stafford loan dropping to 5.6%.

The Detroit News reports on MSU adding two more sites where students can take med classes.

They also report on Wayne State University increasing tuition by 5.4%.

on the local school district laying off 557 workers withy more to come.

that around 75.5% of high school students in the state graduated in 2008 which is barely unchanged from last year.

on Jerry Jordan who is the Union boss of the local teachers union saying that teacher moral is low.

They also report on a couple of charter school officials charged with misspending over 100 grand.

on states that have gutted summer school classes big time.

on the state of California that may reject extending a school year for two schools.

They also report on the Education Secretary releasing 2.7 billion in stimulus money early in order to help states with tight budgets.

On KIPP Ujima Village charter middle school and the union who would like mover overtime pay, but the school who can’t afford it.

The also report on Michelle A. Rhee who spoke to Green Dot Schools that could run one D.C. high school.

on students that design, build, and race pedal-powered submarines.

on students at Camp Invention that helps get kids interested in science and math.

on the Gov. that could wind up taking over 30 failing schools.

on nine school districts in the area that have fallen a bit lower on the fiscal stability rating the state has.

on more schools that could follow Highland Park’s lead on who gets ranked.

The USA Today reports on colleges across the USA that are going to make it harder for a college student to use a credit card to pay for college tuition.

The Houston Chronicle reports on University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa saying that that low college graduation rates threaten America’s competitiveness.

The Washington Post reports on community colleges seeing an increase in demand from students while funding drops.

The Sacramento Bee Reports on the University Of California and employees at the university grappling with furloughs.

The New Orleans Times Picayune reports on cuts to the higher education system in the state that are going to be smaller.

The AP reports on the University Of Hawaii that is looking for facility to take pay cuts.

on teacher certification programs in New Jersey that are growing in popularity.

on the local school district looking at other ways than bankruptcy in order to deal with the debt problems they have.