that some local area principals say that the testing schedule this year led to lower results.

This looks to me like a bit of an excuse.

only 75.3% of California college applicants got accepted into the University of California’s nine undergraduate campuses. This is down from the 77.4% number from last year.

The Sacramento Bee also has a report out as well on this.

The Chicago Tribune looks at students at this school that wound up creating an anti-bullying film.

album. Songs on the album are going to be about the value of an education and respecting one’s self.

The Des Moines Register reports on this school that offers so many college level classes that a student can graduate with a high school diploma and a college degree at the same time.

You know I love this idea.

on the Black/White achievement gaps in the school system. This one looked at kids in the k-5 grade levels. It found that student gaps grew twice as fast among the students who started out performing above the mean than students who started out at a lower performing level.