Michigan Promise Grant Aid…
could wind up getting eliminated saving the state 200 million bucks. Students in the program can get up to 4 grand for college.
Archive for December, 2008
The Houston Chronicle Reports….
on parents that are looking for low rent causing changes to amount of students in some classrooms.
Lakewood City Council Wants….
to give parents a minor misdemeanor on the first offense and a fourth-degree misdemeanor for added offenses for students that do not obey truancy laws.
The Arizona Republic Reports…
on a program that trains young computer network experts.
Center For Evaluation And Education Policy….
has a new report out looking at the Effectiveness and Efficiency
of Charter Schools in Indiana.
The article says that around 11,100 students are in charter schools in the state.
Graduation rates are lower at charter schools than the feeder schools, but the charter schools have more students as a percentage going onto college.
When it to state testing scores they found that the feeder schools had a small edge over the charter schools.
The WAshington Post Reports….
on charter schools in the local school district that are making better educational gains than in the public schools.
