to have more control over his local school system and he is not the only mayor that wants this much control.

The article from the Hartford Courant talks about Oxford Academy which has around 40-50 boys and costs 47 grand a year.

will rack up a 3.1 million dollar bill to fund community colleges.

on the state of Massachusetts closing the high school achievement gap while other states struggle.

NCLB bill has been released by the Center on Education Policy.  Some effects include teachers making progress on making sure they are “highly qualified”, higher state test scores, and schools are spending more time on math and reading then on some other subjects.

Columbia’s Wilde Lake High School has this program that 30 students are in.