San Diego Unified School District has 705 more students in it to a grant total of 132,814 students in the k-12 grades.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on this part of the iTunes store where colleges and universities post free things such as lectures for free. It is a good read.

graduates of its summer science program a chance at free tuition.

on a a class project at Riverside Elementary School in Milwaukie where they weighed student backpacks. One wound up being a 20 pound monster, another one for a second grader was at least 15 pounds.

The article gets into back pain that can occur with heavy back packs.

The LA Times reports that this charter school group in LA that wants to expand from 13 campuses to 35 of them in eight years.

and how they are going to help with college costs.

Obama wants $4,000 a year in tax credits for college, in return for 100 hours of community service.
McCain does not have a new aid program.

Obama wants to move the whole loan system to direct government loans and eliminating subsidies to banks.
McCain does not want to do that.