Education News

California students ranks among the lowest in the 50 states based on standardized tests.

An opinion poll conducted by the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum found that 22 percent of Americans can identify all five members of the cartoon family the Simpsons but only one in 1,000 can identify all five freedoms the First Amendment contains.

The new states selected to join the SSI network are Missouri, New Hampshire, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

For every 100 ninth graders, only 18 will enter college and finish within six years.

States must take the lead in the movement to fix the higher education crisis, a report released Monday by a commission of state legislators said.

Erwin asked what an acceptable dropout rate would be.

"Zero," responded Kuntz. "One kid out on the streets and not in school is unacceptable."

Results suggest that reaching milestones such as obtaining 20 credits or completing 50 percent of a program is a more important positive factor affecting graduation probabilities for younger students than it is for older students.

While some colleges and their presidents have seen their reputations shredded on student blogs, and others have tried to limit what students and faculty members may say online, about a dozen or so presidents, like Dr. McGuire, are vaulting the digital and generational divide and starting their own blogs.

Some Wyoming school districts are offering starting teachers close to $40,000 a year, which is as much as $20,000 more than some rural districts in Montana,

Programs, public and private, are starting or expanding as research shows kids suffer health problems, including obesity, from too much sedentary time indoors with TV and computers.