on 100 eighth-graders from Hungary Creek Middle School in Henrico County attending the Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park. Students at the Financial Park got to make economic decision based on a fake identity they got.

on the state Legislature that is coming up with a new bill that would changes how teachers and principals are evaluated.

on students who invented things for an Invention Convention.

on The Kentucky Board of Education that is going to create a plan for tests high school students would take and the end of course.

new NAEP results for math in the fourth and eighth grade. This one is only looking at 18 Urban school districts. Austin Texas did the best while Detroit was worst.

Sample questions are included and on some of them Detroit really stunk it up compared to the next worst city.

The LA Times reports on top educators fighting to preserve California’s 50-year master plan for higher education.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports on lawmakers that have been urged to invest in higher ed.

The Boston Globe reports on Northeastern University that will adapt its century-old co-op program to allow more students to graduate in four years instead of five.

The Oregonian reports on an anonymous donor that is helping pay for people behind bars to go to college.