nearly 1,000 colleges to $9.3 billion the bank has held for them in a short-term investment fund. This could cause some colleges to not make payroll.

The Philadelphia Inquirer also has an article up on this as well which does look at some local colleges.

the test gap with those from middle-class and affluent backgrounds. In Montgomery County students in poverty have earned better scores on Maryland’s reading test in each of the past five years slicing half of the 28 percentage-point gulf that separated their pass rate from the county average.

has announced a new round of scholarships that will help pay 2,000 a year for an elementary or middle school student to go to a private school in the local area.

out on the increase in students into the school district.

has lowered the amount of schools in the state meeting NCLB rules down to 60%. Last year 75% of schools in the state were meeting NCLB goals.

in Maryland that are questioning the special-needs testing mandate the state has. The parents the mandate is not going to help their kid graduate from high school.