to all-day kindergarten says the Chicago-Tribune.

lawsuit has put court action on hold until either the legislature has a chance to act on the plan, or it is withdrawn.

that the local school board is divided over the plan that would give money to students who do well on exams.

the wealth of college endowments.

The 2007 list now includes 76 colleges that have a massive 1 billion dollar plus endowment and an average gain from the 785 listed places of around 17%. Only a couple places showed a drop in the endowment.

The spending rate though from colleges on the list with an endowment over 500 million is a cruddy 4.4%.

This easily shows a whole lot more can be spent by a hundreds of this schools. A look at just the top 76 shows a list of mainly pricey places to get a college education.

it harder for students to get college loans. Students with high credit risks are going to be shut out from getting a college loan now.

is going to dump loans for grants. The cost to the school each year is going to be 1.5 million bucks.