Looking at expanded learning time at schools that had mainly low-income and high-minority students in it.

The report showcases a bunch of charter schools and what they have done with the extra school time.

The second report looks at the cost to do expanded learning time.

out on 546 school districts and rising energy costs.

Some results from the survey:

15% of school districts have eliminated bus routes for the next school year.

44% have cut back on school field trips for the next school year.

37% are cutting back on heating and air conditioning for the next school year.

11% have initiated a hiring freeze for the next school year.

15% are considering moving to a four-day school year for the next school year.

for party schools by the new list out from the Princeton Review.

This link has the complete list of the top 20 “stone-cold sober schools” with Brigham Young University getting top honors again.

now run out of funding for 40,000 college students. They provided 510 million bucks worth of funding last year.

This blows, and it is so close to when college starts.

schools in the state to have failed for five straight years says new data out from the state.

and the results for the whole state of Colorado are flat. In grades three through 10 11 exams had score increases while seven exams had drops in scores.

The local Denver area though saw a whole bunch of good gains.