State Superintendent Mike Flanagan, left, and Rockford Superintendent Michael Shibler.

The Perth Amboy Public Schools have achieved adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years, which means the district is no longer considered a district in need of improvement as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, district officials said.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine took a roomful of high school and middle school administrators on a trip in the way-back machine Wednesday morning to 50 years ago, when Queen Elizabeth II visited Williamsburg and Virginia had a dismal track record on education.

Tuition and fees at private U.S. colleges and universities for the 2009-2010 school year will rise an average 4.3 percent, the lowest percentage increase in at least 37 years, according to a survey.

JOHN Chubb's recent op-ed "21st-century School Reform" failed to mention that while city schools have improved overall in standardized test scores, 51 percent of 11th-graders still tested below basic proficiency in math and 41 percent were below in reading .