that even though we have a 50 million dollar budget deficit now that money from the state is going to be so much that we could have a 10 million dollar surplus at the end of the fiscal year.

Boy is that being optimistic.

that five elementary schools are going to be transformed into tech based magnets.

out on rural education.

The report says that rural kids could be even more at risk than other kids for dropping out of high school, but they also say that funding problems for rural areas are a big problem.

The report does look at a bunch of small cities as Adair Iowa that has a Boys and Girls Club with only four paid employees. Florence South Carolina has set up a juvenile crime prevention plan that worked. Clinton Iowa has set up an after school program.

I think this report is a great read.

is moving to give the state more control over the curriculum.

up on school districts in the USA that are creating well-articulated curriculum for English-language learners.

is looking to dump drivers ed classes as a graduation requirement.