reports on three schools changing school schedules in order to get better grades.

on stores such as Wal-Mart and Office Depot lowering prices on back to school items.

on the local school district turning to more and more disciplinary schools that are run by outside firms in order to teach some of the most unruly kids in the school system.

that the city’s Department of Education is forcing that all schools in the area maintain an Arts program and that principals are going to rated on how well the programs are run.

a new article up on the Lancaster Independent School District. The article states the school district that has around 6,000 is facing an uphill battle to change to a four-day school week. A rural school district of around 200 students in the state tried to do this a couple years ago and it did not work the article states.