votes in favor of barring No Child Left Behind Rules from being used as a basis for accrediting schools or hiring teachers in Indiana.

for college bound students is occurring in Texas. The University Of Texas at Austin wants changes to this rule so they can admit more students that would not fit under the 10% rule.

on school districts letting students skip final exams if they have a good enough of a score on the TAKS exam and meet other requirements. Parents are saying this hurts students.

I have to agree with the parents on this one.

big time and some people are questioning if the change in format of the exam is the cause.

The article states that gave students more time to take the exam, changed the answer sheet, and the company that created the exam.

The Chicago Tribune reports on student Alex Gonzalez who used this study to find out what learning disability he had. The student had a lag in auditory processing.

looks at two different books on the college educational system. The books are What’s Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and ‘Bias’ in Higher Education and In Pursuit of Knowledge: Scholars, Status, and Academic Culture.