The New York Times reports on college students who have yet to complete high school or even have a GED. I think this is a bad thing to do even if one of these college students is doing well.

The University of Virgina has a press release of a new survey where they analyzed data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study. The study says that out of the 3,359 eight grade students back in 1998 in the National Educational Longitudinal Study that had an interest in science had only average math scores and only 34% got a college degree in science or engineering. The people behind the study want more emphasis in science in the early grade levels.

The Washington Post has up an article on the Kalamazoo Promiss program that gives money to students who graduate from high school to pay for college tuition. The article stated that last year in the November to February time period 265 students dropped out. This year in the same time period the number was only 21.

The Indy Star reports on a new charter school that will offer both a high school diploma and a college degree at the same time if approved.

The USA Today reports on new National Center for Teacher Quality report that says that colleges use outdated and discredited approaches to teaching reading.

The Christian Science Monitor reports on college student debt.