AM News: New Mexico Smashes Duncan AYP Prediction
In New Mexico, Almost Every School 'Left Behind' HuffED: By the standards of the decade-old No Child Left Behind law, almost 87 percent of New Mexico's schools aren't making AYP.
Atlanta School Board Members To Keep Jobs, On Year-Long Probation HuffED: The board's agreement to state scrutiny comes after the AJC and state investigators revealed a culture of covering up the widespread cheating.
Despite Interventions, No-Show Students Drop Out NPR: Danny Lamont Jones (right) raised lots of red flags not long after he enrolled as an eighth-grader in a Baltimore school. He was quiet, struggling academically, and he didn't show up very often.
Teen Fights To Succeed In Rural S.C. Community NPR: Nearly a third of students in rural areas don't graduate. In states like South Carolina, lots of teenagers just don't think they need a high school diploma.
Memphis Standoff Could Delay Schools' Start AP: The mayor says he doesn't have the money. And besides, the city doesn't usually have to pay until September. The board and council rarely get along, so it's not clear if they will come up with a compromise in time for classes to start.
States fret over 'game of chicken' on federal debt ceiling Stateline: State officials are bracing for the impact of what Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam calls “an incredible game of chicken” over the federal debt ceiling, even going as far as calculating how long they can run programs without federal money.
