on the Science in Motion program that bring science to the classroom in a van.

on summer camps that are reigning in costs.

on the Archdiocese of Baltimore that will attempt to stem a decade of decline in its schools by asking all its parishes to help fund local Catholic education and creating a centralized system that leaves parish priests with a diminished role in making education decisions.

with their 2010 diplomas count report.

They say in the past 10 years the nationwide graduation rate went up only by 3.1 percentage points to 68.8%.

Articles such as this one from the Education Week look at way schools districts are talcking the dropout problem.

with a new report looking at elementary students in Massachusetts and how to improving their reading ability.

The people behind the report want to see effective implementation of reading and language interventions for children, early and ongoing assessments of children’s language and learning skills, a redefining of professional education to increase adults’ capacity to assess and support children’s language and reading development, a “language-rich, rigorous, and engaging reading curricula into early education and care settings, as well as PK-3 classrooms”, and amn expanding and strengthening work with families across learning settings and within communities.

The Dallas Morning News reports on More Highland Park seniors staying in Texas for college.

The LA Times reports on California State University that is considering a fee and a tuition hike.

The News & Observer reports on UNC System President Erskine Bowles who hopes that budgets to the college system are not too extreme.