on more people wanting to enter teaching as a fall back career.

on some schools that are still doing the senior project as a graduation requirement.

on parents and teachers that are pleading to help save some of the schools from closing.

on cash strapped school districts dumping field trips.

The first one is on Florida fourth graders making the biggest leap on the writing part of the FCAT exam.

The other is on a bill to improve graduation standards failing to get passed.

The Union-Tribune reports on this school where upperclassmen tutor the lower performing students after school. Around half of the 40 students in the program have improved their GPA score.