The LA Times reports that the UC system is looking for a 411 million increase in state funding. That funding UC says will cause a tuition increase of 0%.

The Union-Tribune reports on college enrollment being streamlined for veterans.

The AP reports on Michigan getting a $46M Department of Education grant to more people to go on to college.

The New York Times reports on an intern gap frustrating clinicians that are in training.

The Tennessean reports on Metro Nashville Public Schools adjusting well to new teacher evaluations.

The Miami Herald reports on Florida teachers that are going to get graded by a data-driven formula.

at college debt and it is now up to 25,250 bucks. This number has been growing at around 5% a year for the past few years.

The New York Times has an article up on American colleges that are struggling to tell the difference between a bad and good college applicant from China.

The Detroit News reports on new “cut scores” applied to last years MEAP exams caused a massive drop in the amount of proficient students.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on nine schools that could wind up getting closed.

looking at school closures.

They found closing a school saves little money and that students that move to another school has little performance problems academic wise.

When it came to the 4th and 8th grade math scores:

The scores were up with Hispanic students making the biggest gains. 8th grade white students flat-lined though.

When it comes to 4th and 8th grade reading scores though….

4th grade reading scores have not gone up in the past few years while 8th grade scores show small improvement