The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on the University of Georgia system Chancellor Erroll Davis that states it would take a 77 percent tuition increase at Georgia’s colleges and universities to meet the demand for a $385 million cut in the state’s higher education system budget.

CNN Reports on public college tuition spiking by 15% and even 30% at some places.

with a brand new study looking at over 300 middle schools in California. They found that the schools that did the best focused on the achievement of the students no matter how they school was structured or how big the class sizes were.

on the Central Falls High School and all the teachers that are going to be fired at the end of the school year.

New York Times link, The providence Journal link.

In some related news the New York Times reports on progress that is slow in the city to fire bad teachers.

on Robert Bobb asking for an extra 700 million bucks in bond money. The first 500 million awarded to the school district have not been spent yet.

on Kansas City considers closing 31 of 61 schools.

They also have an AP article up on teachers facing consequences, but support reform at failing schools.

on most schools in the state that would fail under new education requirements.

They also report on local school bus drivers that are not happy at all over a possible cut in workdays.