has agreed to refinance 99.9 million in school bonds.

in the Forest Grove area told the local school board they are asking for a better educational system. The students say they are board.

on the state take over of the Halifax schools. The employees over the next three years are going to have succeed or get fired. Teachers are going to get some intensive training.

on the local school district hoping that increased attendance figures bring in more state money.

is out with a new report looking at the Advance Placement program.

Pieces from the report:

Over the past five years 64% say that students taking AP exams has either grown somewhat or grown dramatically.

Over the past 5 years 41% say AP class size has grown while 43% say it has stayed around the same.

77% say that the AP program they have is either good or excellent.

27% say that AP class material is tougher while 59% say it has stayaed about the same.

Over the past five years 26% say that they have more AP exams taken while 53 say it has stayed around the same.

Over the past five years 32% say AP exam scores have improved while 42 say they have stayed around the same.

are on college college admission people.

The first one is from the National Association for College Admission Counseling. This one finds that college admission people are using social networking sites more.

The second one is from the The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research. This one also says the same type of stuff.