on a mixed local reaction to the Obama education changes.

on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voting 6-3 to lay off about 600 teachers and cut the pay for all 224 assistant principals in the coming school year.

on wait lists that are getting longer at some schools in the New York City area.

on a Senate panel in the state that is adding a 2 year delay to bill that raises dropout age to 18.

on a Texas legislative panel ready to search for school finance fixes.

on U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan that has been interviewed by the Chicago Public Schools’ inspector general as part of the investigation into how kids won admission to the city’s most competitive public high schools.

The New York Times though is now reporting on this special list as well that Arne Duncan had.