Hey kids, here’s a great way to spend the summer and end up with $500 for college. OK so AmeriCorps is not new. It’s been around since 1993, and pays living expenses (annual minimum $11,400), health insurance, and a whopping award toward college expenses (now $5,350).

What’s new is the passage of the Edward M. Kennedy Save America Act, which includes a program called Summer of Service. Read more

Mission’s High’s Athletic Scholars Advancement Program helps its high school athletes head for college….in a lot of small, simple practical steps.

Our own Mission High School population includes a whopping ten percent who are homeless or in foster care. Read more

Well here’s a real alternative to heading for college: there’s a full-time free technical program right here that’s guaranteed to lead straight to a job. It’s called Year Up.

You have to be 18-24 and have a GED or a high school diploma. You have to attend an Open House on one of five dates this July, and you have to fill out an application. Read more

Video Games Help Reading Skills – Really!

James Gee, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin in Madison attempts to convince nonbelievers that kids who play video games become better readers.

Grade Levels May be Phased Out, in Time

It’s just possible your kids could see the end of first grade, second grade, etc. An experiment starts in August in Colorado to forget about age completely.

National Standards Arrive

There’s bound to be struggle over this one: alone among developed countries, the United States has always clung to local and state control of its public schools. Read more