As this Yahoo! news article reports, many districts are going to a four day school week to cut costs. 

In one district, going to a four day week will save $65,000 on bus fuel alone.

Is this economic crunch a crisis;  or, are we teaching our kids a valuable lesson?

“I’ve got two teenage boys and they like brand names.  They can’t expect that this year.”

Crisis or opportunity?  We can take this opportunity to get back to the “nose to the grindstone” attitude that makes this country great.

Kids will now have to walk to school.  Uphill. Both ways!

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A multibillion-dollar bill has passed the US House.  The bill - America Competes Act (short for the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act) - will increase the available grants of many education related agencies.  Some of the agencies affected are: National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy’s science programs and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

This bill has a wide berth - not only does it cover basic technology in schools, but it has provisions for “obsticles to development of new energy technologies” and a government funded summit to “examine the health and direction of the United States’ science and technology enterprises.”

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In the era of college tuition prices skyrocketing it pays to hit the books and hit the college financing research center.

“Parents are building up their college bankrolls by turbocharging savings. And while Congress reshapes college lending in response to this year’s scandals, students and parents are figuring out new ways to find and negotiate the best loan terms.”

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