on students who invented things for an Invention Convention.

on The Kentucky Board of Education that is going to create a plan for tests high school students would take and the end of course.

new NAEP results for math in the fourth and eighth grade. This one is only looking at 18 Urban school districts. Austin Texas did the best while Detroit was worst.

Sample questions are included and on some of them Detroit really stunk it up compared to the next worst city.

The LA Times reports on top educators fighting to preserve California’s 50-year master plan for higher education.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports on lawmakers that have been urged to invest in higher ed.

The Boston Globe reports on Northeastern University that will adapt its century-old co-op program to allow more students to graduate in four years instead of five.

The Oregonian reports on an anonymous donor that is helping pay for people behind bars to go to college.

is out with a new report looking at Extended Time schools.

Extended Time schools offer ab average 25% more time in class than regular schools.

Around 75% of the schools they looked are Charter schools, but they are more likely have longer schools years than school days.

Around half of the schools are no more than three years old.

They found a significant difference in test scores for seventh and tenth graders who were in Extended Time schools.

that fast food companies have higher standards for meat than schools do.