the Ohio Core curriculum plan. A delay of 2 years in putting this plan into place has been won by the Democrats.

wants to take a more active role in the Buffalo school system.

is on hold until more money is found. The State Board of Education wants to make these exams for free. Currently teachers in the state only have to survive two years in order to get a permanent license, but state officials for over five years want a performace exam in order to get the license.

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on who is taking out private loans to fund his or her own college education.  The report says that stagnant Stafford loan limits and higher costs of college after grants are given out are reasons why the increase in private loans are occuring.

The report stated that not everyone that got a Stafford loan got the maximum amount they could borrow.

The reports shows off a massive jump in private loans up 1,042% in around 10 years from around 1.4 billion to around 16.25 billion while Stafford loan borrowing when up 83% to around 63.5 billion up from almost 37 billion 10 years ago.
Maximum borrowing for a dependent Stafford loan student is 23 grand while it is twice that for an independent student.  IMO that is not alot of money when tuition can easily be over 10 grand a year after grants are given out.

The report shows that the higher the tuition, the greater the percent of students taking out private loans.

This report is not a bad read.

This Wahington Post article talks about this KIPP teacher who created her own math curriculum. One year goes buy and the 5th grades students in the AIM Academy go from the 16th to 77th percentile. The scores were calculated from the Stanford 10 standardized test.

Even with that big of a gain in that exam they still did not meet No Child Left Behind Goals for the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System test.

The curriculum lets students build their own notes and examples.

system is tough sell in the USA.  School districts and states with seperate standards is a key problem.

The article states that it was really easy to get this idea taught in the country of Mexico though.  All scientist Robert P.H. Chang of Northwestern University had to do was just talk to top government officials to get it done.