fees for colleges in the state are going up big time. Those fees are up over 10% on the colleges listed in the article.

is going to occur at Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Virginia because they dropped early admission policies. Harvard picks up a 19.2% in applicants, Princeton picks up a 6.2% in applicants, and UVA gets a 4.5%

The New York Times also reports on this as well.

upset by plans to move some elementary students in order to ease overcrowding problems.

wants students to take more college level classes as part of the high school curriculum they take.

Included with article is link that gives some details on what they want students to learn. They look at what a student would learn if they were in a nursing program.

My look at it compared a bit to what I want to see:

They would like high school students to take 2 years of a foreign language which is a no-no at these grade levels for non foreign language major. They list only one math class as a college level course, my idea has three and they go two periods in length. They list only 1 PE class which is a no-no. When it comes to nursing classes it looks fine, but even they could make more of the classes college level and worthy of college credit.

Under my high school level 1 student I hardly detail what a nursing student takes for a curriculum, but they have enough time during the day to take a good portion of nursing classes that can be college level and deserve college credit. Under my high school level 2 student though I do get into some detail. They go for five years of schooling, but get both a high school diploma and 2-year nursing degree for free.

on lottery surplus money that would go to fund dual enrollment classes for high school students.

The Star Tribune looks at this program at Coon Rapids Middle School where students who wind up not doing their homework get zapped and have to stay after school in order to get it done. Some students in the article volunteer themselves to get zapped.