is looking at options to move some kids at some overcrowded schools to other schools in the school district.

on 228 school districts in Michigan they state that 89% of school districts have slashed staff, 59% have spent down reserves, 53% have increased class size, and around 1/3 have shifted more hikes onto parents.

on schools spending more money on Pre-K classrooms.

urges that the No Child Left Behind bill be renewed. She says that 10,800 have been declared “in need of improvement” under the law, and 2,300 are so bad that they need to be restructured and that those numbers are not unreasonable.

Metro school administrators want ever single one of the 75,000 students in the school district to have a written educational plan.

The Pioneer Press reports on this school district that has started teaching the Mandarin language at three local elementary schools this year and is going to expand it to all schools next year.