that state college students have a 6 year graduation rate of 49% for the freshman class of 1999. That is up 46.8% for the freshman class of 1997.

The Baltimore Sun reports this non-profit program that helps students go through the college application process. You have to have a 3.0 GPA, 90% attendance record, and you have an interest in math, technology, or science

special report on students not in the public schools they have two more articles up.

Article one is on charter school enrollment increases. The article states that charter school enrollment has increased 300% from 2000-2006.

The second article is on Montbello High School and trying to rebuild its image.

on the fight to get a delay in forcing students to pass reading and writing as part of the WASL exam in order to graduate from high school.

The Newton Daily News reports on this idea being done at the Newton High School. Local businesses in the area will come to this school, set up a booth, and the students at the school can ask them questions on training to get in a certain career field.

against testing rules in the NCLB bill. The school district gave the superintendent the authority in January of 2007 to fight the NCLB rules. If they went against the federal government they would have lost 17 million bucks.

I say this blows!