for full budgetary requests from the state government in order to keep tuition increases small.

may go on strike at the end of the week. The article says that starting teachers in the small island country can make only 19,200 bucks a year and teachers with advanced degrees can make over 24 grand a year.

that low amounts of students in the fifth and eighth grade levels scored at the highest level on the science portion of the Maryland Assessments test. School officials says scores will go up as the students get more familiar with the exam.

is looking to improve English education in the country by hiring thousands of new teachers and by having most classes taught in English by 2010.

of 4-5 year olds is out. They found that if the 4 and 5 years either explained concepts to parents or themselves before taking a test did a whole lot better on a test.

shows some very wacky changes in the line graphs in a report in the latest Education Next Journal. Stats looked at include Ohio, Arkansas, Missouri, California, and Massachusetts.

HUH!?!?!?! This should not be occurring. The longer you teach, the more money should go into the pension and it should be a nice steady move higher. Violent swings in your pension amount like the state of Arkansas has in the 50’s is bad.