on the recently released high school ranking list from the US News & World Report. The article says that the people behind the report have gotten massive hits right after the release of the report.

I am going to say these rankings are subjective, but we should give a good look at the top 100 gold medal schools to see what they are doing differently so we can help fix high school dropout factories.

on colleges asking more questions on college applications that have to deal with troublesome behavior problems potential students had in the past.

The article states that out of the 266,087 students who used the Common Application last year, only 2.32% said they received school discipline, and only about 0.25% reported a conviction. Officials at colleges that use the common application do not fully know how many have concealed their past and that some counselors do not make full disclosure.

starting in January is going to offer people that work at the plant for at least 24 hours a week and have at least a 3.0 GPA while taking at least 12 credit hours at a college can get a max award of 2,500 bucks.

has now fully approved the 3.2% tuition increase. It is the smallest jump since 1980.

The Detroit News reports that this school is going to be swapping 20 students with some kids from Beijing.

on rising passing rates on the TAKS exam in local school district, but fall short on other goals.