at Community College football programs that bring in the federal money by recruiting a lot of out-of-state talent, but the students are not ready for college. The article states that nearly two-thirds of the 628 football players were not from Minnesota. It costs 30-60 grand to fund a team, but a school can bring in 200-450 grand in federal bucks. For the 2005-2006 school year 11 colleges brought in 3.9 million in bucks.

Rainy River Community College brought in 10% of its operating budget though the football program.

To me this is a complete no-no. If a student does not belong in college they do not deserve to go. It is all about the dollar signs which is just a travesty.

a lawsuit that was brought on by parents back in 1977 to stop the merger of the Raleigh City and Wake County school systems.

A nice look at an old lawsuit to give some perspective on the current lawsuit on changing schools to a year-round format.

on more states that are taking the lead in the student loan mess. The attorney general of Illinois and Missouri is going to adopt a code of conduct similar to the one that the Andrew M. Cuomo of New York wants.

Even Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is going to form a task force that will recommend some rules at the federal level.

with a report on the student loan mess. It gets into the government role in lending money to students.

Great read.

up on preschool education.

to cap college admissions. The cap is going to be 50% of an incoming freshman class for a college in Texas. This is the latest in the fight over to 10% rule that Texas has passed to get students into college.