The AP reports on an 18 billion dollar shortfall in the Pell Grant program.

The LA Times reports on the University of California System that is going to be putting future social workers, architects and urban planners as “professional” degree candidates which will then force them to have to pay an extra fee to go to college.

The AP reports on the University Of Missouri that is looking at having three year degrees in order to cut down on costs for college students.

on the State Department Of Education that that is going through a shakeup of schools in order to get at the federal stimulus money.

In related news the state of Maryland lost out on money from the Gates Foundation that would have helped them get money from the federal government.

on Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and her meeting with parents at Smothers Elementary.

reports on the Black Star Project group that wants to see race used as part of the new CPS selection process for some schools.

on 100 eighth-graders from Hungary Creek Middle School in Henrico County attending the Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park. Students at the Financial Park got to make economic decision based on a fake identity they got.

on the state Legislature that is coming up with a new bill that would changes how teachers and principals are evaluated.