is getting top honors from the state for classroom spending that it does.

on the nursing shortfall in Michigan. A report from the state says that thousands of students are waiting to get into programs.

One idea was to let the state pay for the nursing degrees. Another controversial solution to fix the problem was to offer bachelor degrees at community colleges. I do not find that idea controversial at all, the main questions to be answered are if the the community colleges have enough classrooms and if they have a good amount of teachers to teach the final two years of the degree.

could wind up getting cash from a $40 million state tax credit program if new legislation gets passed. Parents could wind up with as much at 5,000 bucks.

four working papers on national certified teachers.

In a look at the North Carolina schools in grades 3, 4 and five found that certified teachers were better than non-certified teachers. In a look at the Florida schools in grades 3-10 though they found that certified teachers only worked in some grades, some subjects, or some tests.

In one report they showed that the poorer the school the less likely they are going to have a certified teacher in the classroom.

a new study on California Community Colleges.

Major findings from this study include affordability problems with fess not being the main cause, CalGrants are not keeping up with financial needs, people in California are missing out on a lot of federal money, and enrollment losses due to cuts in classes.

What they would like to see happen is increase tuition based on the growth of personal income in the state. They want the tuition increase to go programs that will increase graduation rates. They would like to see increase investment in CalGrants.

The reports does get into some nice details on the major findings.

is giving out 400,000 bucks to the local Nashville area schools with instruments.