on Tohatchi Elementary School that has gone for worst to first in three years in New Mexico.

The Boston Globe though reports on Brockton High School that has improved MCAS scores due to an emphasis on literacy.

on Loudoun County high school students that have to pay 200 bucks now in order to park a car at a school.

They also report on local educators that got to study promising Japanese teaching method.

on O.H. Anderson Elementary School that has made changes to recess that has helped dropped the amount of bullying at the school.

on Jefferson Parish students that are using swipe cards to track lunch money and meal cards.

on two members of the Texas State Board of Education have received thousands of dollars in gifts, but did not disclose them.

at the consequences of dropping out of high school. The 16-24 age bracket is used for this report.

They say that only 31% of black high school dropouts are working. 53% of Hispanic dropouts are working.

They found that the lower the household income you have the more likely a dropout will not be working.

They say mean annual earnings for a dropout is around 8400 which is over 6000 less than the next highest level.

They say female dropouts were 6 times as likely to be a mom than a female that is either a college student of have a four year college degree.

They say nearly 1 in 10 young males were institutionalized on a given day versus 1 in 33 for a high school grad. 22% of these male dropouts were black. This is more than three times the rate for a Hispanic person.

The Highschool dropout has a lifetime net fiscal impact of -5,191 bucks. That is around 292 grand less than a high school graduate.