on the new members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission and them finding out they have a budget shortfall of 197 million to deal with.

on more South Florida schools that are opening that are going to help teach students with Autism.

for grades four and eight. Most of the states did not improve at all.

Fourth graders did not make any gains at all nationally, while eighth graders did move up slightly. Only the fourth grade saw states with declines in performance.

Two sample questions for each grade level were given out.

The first one reports that over the past few years that 13 of the 16 states they looked at the high school graduation rate has improved.

The second one looks at 10 things the states can do in order to improve achievement and graduation rates.

are out with a new report looking at Pre-school children that participated in a media-rich curriculum incorporating public television video and games into classroom instruction. Shows the kids watched included Sesame Street and Between the Lions.

The researchers found that students who watched the TV shows knew around 5 more more letters, knew almost 4 letter sounds, and knew slightly more letters in their name.

on school students in Seattle that were given a Kindle to replace all of their textbooks and the student did not give a full positive review of the device.