The LA times with a great and long on how hard it is to wind up and fire a teacher in the local school district. Included is a great animated graphic going over the many steps that it does take in order to fire a teacher.

In a secondary article they report on school officials that want to make it easier to fire a teacher.

In somewhat related news the Mercury News reports on midcareer professionals who moved over into teaching getting the pink slip due to not having enough seniority on the job.

are out.

One is from the Washington Post on college graduate in India that are unemployable due to colleges that are not fostering skills Needed for the changing economy.

The other one in on jobless Americans turning to training programs in order to get a new job.

One is on the school district getting 169 million bucks to help aid cash flow.

The other one is on the FBI seizing property from Stephen Hill who was a former school official from the school district.

on a bill in the state that will allow school districts to move much faster into adopting e-textbooks.

AP link, Dallas Morning News link.

In one article they report on school districts in the state that are looking to get some extra years on school buses in order to save some cash.

The second article is on Nashville looking for ways to end the dropout problem.

on Richmond area schools looking to boost enrollment. A video is included.