The Christian Science Monitor reports that private school population the country of Germany is on the rise. Poor test scores in the public school system is to blame.

The LA Times is starting a special report on high school dropouts. It starts out with this nine page report from Sunday which talks about Birmingham High School which started out with about 1,100 ninth graders and around 521 graduated.

Monday’s report is seven pages long on math classes and why students are failing them. .

The LA Times also reports on the bigger use of computers in doing homework and less use of handwriting.

The Pioneer Press reports on the Battle Creek Middle School where seventh-grade boys and girls will be separated for math, science, English and history starting this fall. .

The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the nursing teacher shortage.

The USA Today reports on the need for Science and Math Teachers.