on ranks of school chiefs.

on merit pay making a comeback.

that has given the okay to a settlement that limits use of seniority in L.A. teacher layoffs.

that are looking at no budget growth for the next two years.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports on the University of Illinois that is going to be counting inflation and how much money they are going to get from the state in the cost of going to college.

The Post Dispatch reports on colleges in Missouri that are relieved that sate cuts to them were not deeper than thought.

The AP reports on the cost of maintenance that is going up at the six Kansas Universities.

into the Theater Arts Production Company School in the Bronx raising concerns on the ratings system used for the local schools.

They also look at a new research out published online Thursday in the journal Science that found students who read a passage, then took a test asking them to recall what they had read, retained about 50 percent more of the information a week later than students who used other methods.

They also report on Bay Area teachers and evaluations on them where most of the teachers get an A rating.