Colorado teacher-training programs.

support staff after talks with unions stall.

of math and English test scores from the Los Angeles Unified School District and the used the information to estimate the effectiveness of L.A. teachers which is something the district could do but has not.

The Christian Science Monitor reports on the WhatWillTheyLearn.com website that has graded over 700 colleges and has wound up giving Yale an F on curriculum. Harvard got a D, while Lamar University and around 15 other places got an A rating.

The Washington Post Writers Group also reports on this as well.

The AP is out with a new article on cutting college textbook prices.

My Quick thought on the website is that do we have to require all of those classes to really have a high quality high school grad. I say no.

The Baltimore Sun reports on the USA going to colleges to recruit the next park rangers.

The Times Dispatch reports on out-of-state students boosting the revenue at two colleges in the state.

The AP reports on college students in Maine that are getting free bus rides.

The New York Times looks at solutions to dorm overcrowding.

school districts that are required to but stuff as trash bags, and cleaning supplies as part of the back to school list.

They also report on the the troubled schools in the Roosevelt area that are improving.

that says Michigan taxpayers could save $612 million a year by reshaping or consolidating public schools along county lines.