is out with a short report looking at elementary students in Arizona. They found that at the end of the 2008 school year that around 85% of the students stayed at the same elementary school they6 went to no matter how poor the performance was.

on a new report out by some university of North Carolina professors. They say that new teachers are much less effective than their more experienced colleagues, but the did say that people coming out of the Teach For American program performed much better than new teachers that were not in the program.

have new research out that showcases that students in either bilingual education or English immersion wound up learning the same amount of English after a five year period.

on Roland Fryer Jr. who did an experiment in a few school districts each with different rules on how to pay kids for doing stuff like reading books or passing exams. In Dallas where reading books won students some money it had the biggest effect in scores, but some students did not improve at all in the program.

The Boston Globe reports on Bristol Community College that is going to partner with the Princeton Review to offer a fast track for allied health programs.

The AP reports on SIU that is not going to be having a tuition increase, but will have a fee increase though.

The Chattanooga Free Press reports on the lottery-funded college scholarship fund Tennessee has that needs funding help.

The Tennessean reports on Lipscomb Univesity that is going to offer a doctorate in education.

on states that are pushing to pay teachers based on performance.