administrators, teachers, City Council members and other volunteers are going to go door to door over the next two Saturday’s to over 4,000 homes talking to families with 10th grade students about the importance of passing the Ohio Graduation Test next month.

met with Arizona senators and representatives last week at the state Capitol to talk about increasing the starting wages of teachers by 3,500 bucks.

on full-day kindergarten is out. This study uses data from the Arizona AIMS exam to help come up with the findings. They find that going to a full-day kindergarten class only helps out in the first few grade levels and then it has no impact in the fifth grade level.

The Washington Post reports on this group of parents that meet in twice monthly house meetings and twice weekly homework sessions in order to help get students to on the right path to graduate.

the drop out problem says Philadelphia school chief Paul Vallas.

on schools that are in final preparation mode for the TAKS exam. Some schools are reported to have given out stuff such as TV’s and iPods.