is going to cut thousands of people from being gifted students. The bill says that gifted students are only students in grades k-8. The change would effect over 36,000 students. Lawmakers who like this bill say that students already get enough money for high school students that are already called gifted.

This a completely lame idea and the link links to this stupid bill.

launch eight more alternative high schools in order to help get high school graduation rates up.

are panning tuition increases that the colleges in the state want.

video reports up. One is on the high cost of going to college and the other one is on credit cards on college campus. The one on credit cards is not a happy report.

The Chicago Tribune reports on this program in Venezuela that trains poor kids to become classical musicians. The program was created three decades ago by a visionary conductor.

Great read.

is up at the New York Times. The article is saying that Senate is looking at securities fraud charges for people that have received stock from college loan companies.