The Boston Globe looks at these type of schools in the Cambridge area that are opening up.

at schools in the local area that are using Saturday school in order to help students do better in the classroom.

on schools in the Clayton County area that could lose accreditation. When they loose accreditation they loose the chance for students going to those schools to get HOPE Scholarships.

on schools and students in the Valley area getting ready for the AIMS exam.

on what makes a great teacher. Talked about in this article is merit pay for teachers, hiring bonuses. Programs such as ProComp and TAP get looked at as well.

at teacher contracts in the top 50 largest school districts. Thirty school districts had labor agreements that are ambiguous. Only 5 school districts could get the flexible rating, none got the best rating. 15 school districts wound up getting the worst ratings.

They also found that the more minority students you have in a school district the more restrictive the teacher contract was.