wants a private funded external look at the school closings in the area.

creating a residential program for homeless high school students. The article states that around 5,000 students or 2% of the total 9-12th grade population is homeless. The program would house as many as 20 students.

This is a great start.

up from the “academic watch” rating to the “continuous improvement” rating. The local school district met 4 out of 30 benchmarks. They article states the school district missed the attendance benchmark by only 1% and improved the graduation rate by 3%.

looking at the Federal Family Education Loan Program says the US Department Of Education needs increased oversight of the program to help ensure compliance of the program.

on high school graduation improvement policies. They say that state policies for raising graduation rates are too low. I agree with them.

The report lists for every single state an annual improvement policy which is as low any any progress to as high as 2% progress each year in a forced number. The also list for every single the high school graduation rate as stated by the US department of Education. Some of the states have such a low high school graduation rate they should easily strive for 2% or even more every single year in the average amount of high school students that graduate each year.

subpoenas going to athletic departments of Division one schools and Student Financial Services Inc. He wants to find out how team names, mascots and colors were used to suggest the company was the college’s preferred lender.