on schools having a tough time finding qualified recruits due to changes in the NCLB rules. it is a great read.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on 112 sixth-grade classmates at Belmont Elementary School in West Philadelphia who were given the opportunity 20 years ago of a free college education.

Out of the 112 sixty-five graduated with a high school diploma, 5 got a GED, 34 dropped out of high school, and 8 of them are dead. Only 20 students have a bachelor’s degree, 10 have an associates degree, and 14 have a vocational certificate.

Jobs some of the people hold are a hair stylist, a clothing designer, and a NASA worker. At least 2 of them though are in jail.

Included is a 5 minute plus video on the NASA worker.

has released its 2007 fact book on higher education. It has one interesting stat in it. In the southern states that are apart of the SREB the amount of black students going to college is above the population rate of blacks in the area.

on college being out of reach for most Latino people.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on this program for middle school students at Washington University.

that money saved by closing local schools will be totally consumed by the pension debt the school district has. Today they have a 395 million dollar hole they have plug up and pension costs are going to grow 85 million just for the 2008-2009 school year.