elementary and middle school students will not have to pass the TAKS exam in order for students to move onto the next grade level.

that 39% of school districts in the state are behind in meeting NCLB goals. Only 28% were behind last year.

on education officials in the state weighing in on the proposed cuts to education funding in the state.

on high absentee rates for New York City elementary schools. For this report a chronically absence student has missed at least 10% of the school year.

They found 12 school districts in the local area had at least 25% of elementary students that are chronically absence. Schools in the Central Brooklyn and South Bronx area where the worse offenders. They throw out a lot of data on the offending schools.

What is also not great news in the report is that 75 Elementary schools in the area got a rating of an A or B from the city, but had at least 30% of students at the school missing at least 20 days.

The report does get into a few students and why they are late for school which is great.

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with an issue brief looking at Latino college students. It looks at the years of 1975-2006. They show a a very big and rising gap between female and male Latino college students. Average income rose over fourfold over this time period as well.

and teachers in the state that are going to get a special credential that will allow them to teach Algebra 1 in eighth grade.