on the tough job it can be recruiting male teachers into the classroom.

closings that could occur in Detroit.  The Detroit News says that the school district has around 35 vacant buildings already.  All of the vacant buildings have been vandalized and it has been tough to find people to take over those buildings.

on Monday to discuss the NCLB bill. Bush says that he agree to work on addressing some of the major concerns with the bill.

the Secretary Of Education was out at U.S. Chamber of Commerce today to talk about this bill.  The people at CSPAN have video up of her speech and her Q&A session.  I will make some comments on it after I look at it.

Also the people at USA Today and the Christian Science Monitor have up big articles on this bill.

in today was out to promote extended school days in order to master the skills of the 21st century.

The fine folks at the CSPAN website have up his 23 minute speech on this topic.

that will be proposed by Democrat Christopher Dood and Republican Vernon Ehlers that will set a curriculum standard at the federal level and give states financial incentives to adopt it.