1.8 billion bucks out to Louisiana to help pay for schools that have been damaged or destroyed from Hurricane Katrina.

Times Picayune link.

in the local school district and their ideas to fix struggling schools.

with a top to bottom list of the best schools in the local school district down to the worst schools in the school district.

Some of the data:

Around 35% polled say lack of financial support, funding, or money is the biggest problem the public schools of your community have to deal with.

49% polled say they would give the public schools in their community an A or B rating. This number has been slowly going up over the past few years.

77% polled say they would give and A or B rating to the school their oldest kids attends.

18% polled say they would give an A or B ratings to schools nationally. This number has been mostly trending downward.

71% polled say they have trust and confidence in teachers.

75% polled say a college education is very important. In 1978 that number was only 36%.

The AP reports on more than 21,000 Indiana high school students that have earned college credits through Ivy Tech Community College last year.

The Herald Leader reports on the University of Kentucky launching a program to help its students who live off campus.

The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article up on a college that does allow for pets in a dorm.

The Sacramento Bee reports on California State University officials that are concerned that they have erroneously mixed public and private funds in accounting for the foundations that support the system’s 23 campuses.

on the local school district with an article on the school district still shaking off perceptions on the school system.