on a group of kindergarten students that are learning through iPod’s.

on new bill in Pennsylvania that would make it easier to turn low performing schools into charter schools.

on students that dread the transition out of the Beverly Hills school district.

on Atlanta Community Schools that have gone to a four day school week this year.

with a new report looking at NAEP scores.

This reports does show some score gaps are growing since the 1990’s.

For math in the 4th and 8th grade levels whites are growing the gap big time when it comes to the amount getting to the advanced level. For reading at the same level the gap is not going as fast.

That same type of event occurs when you look at non-ELL vrs ELL students and when you look at students who get free or reduced lunches vs. the ones that do not.

The New York Times reports on the lobbying effort by the big lenders in order to stop the student lending bill from passing.

The Dallas Morning News reports on the state higher ed chief saying that Texas is enrolling more college students, but fewer in high-need fields.

The Houston Chronicle Reports on the president of the University of Texas at Austin warning that more layoffs are coming at the flagship campus.

The Mercury News reports on renting textbooks catching on at Cabrillo College.

The AP reports on Ohio State University President Gordon Gee who would like to see the way tenure is given out to a professor changed.

The AP reports on University of Wisconsin System regents that has approved a four-year, $1,200 tuition increase for UW-Eau Claire students.

The Herald Leader reports on High Schools in the Fayette area helping students out with the ACT exam.