The Detroit News reports on this center that helps at-risk teens stay in school and graduate

on school districts in the state handing out 5,500 layoff notices.

on AT&T Pennsylvania giving 400,000 grand to the local school district in order to help fund programs that keep kids in school.

on Superintendent Eugene White asking for 300 teacher layoffs along asking for a shuffling of 60 administrators and the dismissal of 40 other employees.

on the state Senate backing a bill that would end “no fail” grading.

with a new look at the Philadelphia School District.

They say the six year graduation rate for a high school student is around 60% for the class of 2006. They do list a 58.7% number for the class of 2008 for a four year number though.

They also list an over 300 grand drop in lifetime earnings from someone that has no high school diploma to someone that does.