"One of the biggest advantages of the alternative schools is they understand that the girls are pregnant and needed to have absences"

Soon after getting pregnant, high school sophomore Alicia Mattocks worried that bullies might purposely slam her into a locker and that a teacher's rules wouldn't allow frequent bathroom runs. via WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

"Using Lexile measures, teachers can quickly and easily connect their students with titles in our ever growing product line based on their unique reading abilities."

MetaMetrics Inc. announced today that Perfection Learning is licensing the Lexile Analyzer to provide Lexile measures for more than 1,200 of its titles. via Market Wire

"Plus, if seniors get into the habit of slacking now, then it will be difficult to break when they start college."

Across the nation, as high school seniors send in their housing deposits and make plans for college, thousands of students are succumbing to the infection known as 'senioritis.' Secure in newfound identities ... via Courier News Online

"They're not where they need to be"

BATON ROUGE - Standardized test scores released last week provided arguments for both sides in the debate over whether up to $10 million in state taxpayer money should be used to pay private school tuition for ... via The Shreveport Times

HOME SCHOOLING provides amazing opportunities for students. At the age of 12, I planned to squeeze four years of high school into a two-year-period by studying through the summers. via UnionLeader.com