and fourth graders did not improve at all. Eighth grade performance though went up by one measly point.

With 8th graders scores in some states went up with no states recording a drop in performance. In the fourth grade a few states had increasing performance, but a few also saw decreasing performance.

on Robert Bobb who is not going be running for Mayor of Detroit.

on local school district enrollment that is holding steady.

The AP reports on banks that are the on verge of losing student lending business.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports on lawmakers in the state that are going to target textbook prices in order to lower college costs.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports on weighing tuition increases for fall and summer semesters.

The LA Times reports on a UC panel that is discussing way to make the college system more efficient. The Sacramento Bee also reports on this as well.

The Miami Herald has up a special article answering a few questions on colleges.

They also have an article on the University of Miami Frost School of Music’s new program that offers more playing and fewer lectures.

The New York Times reports on a Supreme Court ruling that will make it easier for college loan debt to go away.

The Times Picayune reports on a legislator warning University stimulus money won’t be replaced by state when it runs out.

The Denver Post reports on new proposed rules that are seeking to ease for-profit college debt.

The Post Dispatch reports on Gov. Nixon’s scholarship plan that worries private universities.

The USA Today has up an article on The Princeton Review that is going to pilot a new public-private initiative at Bristol Community College in southeastern Massachusetts to help fast-track some health degrees.

The Boston Globe reports on Harvard reviewing oversight after a drop in the endowment.

on the Maryland Senate that is giving the preliminary okay to shift the burden on pensions to local counties.

on closing schools that are affecting communities as well as the kids.