that the local school district is going to cut four million bucks out of the budget due to declining enrollment.

now cutting back on its private lending business, reduced breaks for borrowers, stopped funding scholarship, and loan forgiveness programs due to the credit crisis.

on schools in Georgia bracing for a higher amount of students going to summer school.

a report out saying that all the cramming done for the ACT exam does no good for test scores. The average ACT scores for all Chicago Public School Students is below the state average for all tests listed.

They did list some data showing that students in ACT prep classes outside of regular school hours did slightly better than students who did not. Schools where many students took an ACT prep class did not do any better than schools that had few students taking ACT prep classes.

The report even includes sample questions.

reforms that the local school district is going to make due to getting more federal money.

The Post-Dispatch reports on this new website where students can upload and show off videos they’ve created for school.