on metro area schools districts not meeting AYP goals this year.

create a special school district for 44 schools that need to get their scores up. This would move over 100,000 students into a special school district.

that fewer women over the past few years are signing up to go to law school. They looked at American Bar Association data and found that over the past five years the percentage of women going to college has dropped to 46.9% from 49%

and in nearly every single grade level more students met or exceeded grade-level standards in math and reading.

The Chicago Tribune reports on the only high school in the state to receive the Blue Ribbon award. It is the fourth one they have gotten.

reports that urban schools in the state are doing better on the state performance index than other schools.