on the state education chief targeting the achievement gap.

Gov. Christie’s transition advisers wanting tough new school rules in New Jersey.

on teacher contract negotiations in the Portland area that have faltered.

with a policy brief looking at high schools in the Philadelphia area.

They found that white students and Asian students are most likely to wind up in the most selective schools in the district. They also found that too many students are selecting some schools which means the school gets to decide who goes and that the non-selective schools are the schools that both teachers and students want to avoid the most.

with a major report on charter schools in the USA. They find that black students are most disproportionally found going to charter schools. They did find White students going to more charter schools out in the west through.

In some cities blacks on average are going to a charter school way more than they would a regular public school.

They found around 45% of charter schools they looked at to be 99-100% made up of black students.

Yale University has come out with plans to deal with the 150 million budget debt they have which includes staff and research cuts.

The AP reports on Central Michigan University breaking ground on a new 24 million medical school building.

The Des Moines Register reports on the state Board of Regents that has agreed to a 6% increase in college tuition rates.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on Georgia technical colleges that are seeing an enrollment spike.

The Sacramento Bee reports on the Yuba Community College District governing board that has taken back a $30,000 raise they had agreed to give district Chancellor Nicki Harrington in January.

The Providence Journal reports on Brown University eying staff reductions and sports cuts to deal with budget problems.