D.C. School Superintendent want to extend the school year to 200 days and go the year-round schooling route at 5 low performiong schools.  He wants to give the students that go to the school more time  in the classroom and chunk the summer break time down.

Twin Cities area are adding on more Math and Science classes eventhough national concerns of the actual popularity of these classes.

living close to home was a very important reason for choosing the college they went to says the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California

on people that want to do home schooling because of religious reasons.

to take another look at the merit pay program they have enacted in 2001.  The state says they are unhappy and is going to spend 1 million bucks to study a new way to enact the program.

over to high interest rates for college grads.  This is causing students and executives of companies that process the application are accusing lenders such as Well Fargo and Sallie May of violating rules.