The New York Times looks at the principal at Junior High School 22 in the Bronx and how the school has changed. Included is a great, but over seven minute video on the principal and the school.

on university presidents talking about possible cuts and tuition hikes.

that he would like to sell the sewer system they have. The cost to sell it could be between 100 and 400 million bucks. The money from the sale of the sewer system will go to pay students to cover tuition and fees for the university or a trade school in the city.

The mayor’s heart is the right place, his brain is certainly not.

a bill that will cut college costs. Included in the bill is a provision to create a website that will allow people to compare costs of college.

The New York Times also has an article up on this as well.

The Washington Post also reports on this as well.

over 1,400 students who have failed a grade level more than once and put them into a specialty school just for them so they can catch up with the rest of the students. They are mainly targeting non high school students. They hope by putting students of the same age together it will help them with their academics.

I love this idea and hopes that it works out for them.

“Seniors to Sophomores” program in his state of the stage address. The program lets academically eligible seniors the right to take up to one year of college level classes by the time they graduate from high school.

The program is gain to start small scale at first.

Innovative ideas like this are what we need in order to get more students ready for college and having them take college level classes while being a high school students.