in Illinois on the 2006 Prairie State Achievement Exam are remaining flat. The exam is given out to 11th graders.

The Chicago Sun-Times also reports on high school scores as well.

say to make them more accountable to students the state has to make is simpler to fire bad teachers.

The Democrat and Chronicle also report on this as well.

finds that many schools are in disrepair, lack of teacher training has undermined academic progress and perpetuated a minority achievement gap that could take a whopping 50 years to close.

The Washing Post reports on this teacher that looks out for students who are ready to take first year of algebra in the 8th grade. The article states that over 50% of students in the Arlington middle schools are taking this class.

In a secondary link they show a table of who many students are taking this kind of class. Only one school district is showing a lower percent of students taking the algebra class in middle school.

to expand universal pre-school to all kids four years old. That will mean an extra 102,000 kids will be going to pre-school.

from the Philadelphia Inquirer is out. They statistical graphs up and they even have up articles on teachers that have been assaulted as well.