Will raising age limit lower dropout rates?
05.05.08
Should Minnesota follow the lead of many other states and raise the high school dropout age from 16 to 18?
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11.19.08
New Jersey Supreme Court orders school funding fact-finding
If New Jersey wants the state's highest court to approve its new formula for funding its schools, the state needs to show that it is providing sufficient resources for its poorest districts.
The New Jersey Supreme Court ordered fact-finding hearings on the state's new education-funding formula before the justices will rule on whether it should permanently replace the old system that favored certain largely poor, urban school districts.
Click here to read moreReport: Reading First Impact Study
This preliminary study found that, on average, children in Reading First programs are not reading any better than those who are not. The final report on Reading First is due in 2009 and will include an additional year of data.