reports on families who make under 50,000 a year in the cities of Milwaukee, District of Columbia, and Denver.  They wanted to find out how they have chosen the school they send their kids too.

higher than average on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.

newspaper to talk about the rising cost of college tuition.  The article states that if the bill the federal government wants passed gets signed into law it will save people an average of 4,420 bucks over the life of the loan.

on what schools in the area are doing in order to reduce the dropout rate.  Some are reading initiatives and programs to help students make up classes they have failed.

has passed new rules on vocational education.

went to a technology-day in order for them to catch up on computer technology.