that local school board is questioning the performance and enrollment for nine specialty schools just for dropouts.

The Dallas Morning News is reporting on this program for University of North Texas students that allows them to get free tuition and fees for four four years. Students in this program are going to have to take a minimum of 15 credit hours a semester. 400 students are going to start out in this program.

the 16.4 million rainy day fund they have would be drained in four years says an article by the Buffalo News.

are rejecting changes that the Secretary of Education wants to makes. The Secretary of Education wants federal accountability standards for graduation rates and data on what services they provide.

wants to start paying kids for getting good grades on certain tests. A perfect score for a fourth grader will get 25 bucks and a seventh grader can get 50 bucks on a battery of assessment tests from CTB/McGraw-Hill.

Even if you take the exam you can get money. 5 bucks in fourth grade and 10 bucks in seventh with some extra money for every question you get right.

that more students in Washington are doing better on the WASL exam. In the 10th grade for the class of 2008 61.7% passed the math section of the exam.