A report from The Villager: Print PDF By ALBET AMATEAU  |  The public school kindergarten admission period for September 2012 for all city schools is from Jan. 9 to March 2, the city Department of Education announced last week. Parents will be notified of kindergarten assignments between March 19 and March 23. The preregistration period [...]

A report from NOLA.com: Despite gains in student performance in many New Orleans schools, in two years most of the city’s public high school graduates might no longer qualify to attend any of Louisiana’s public universities immediately after graduation. The reason is more stringent college admissions requirements to be phased in over the next two years. [...]

A report from Monitor: NATIONAL RANKINGS: See the Washington Post’s Challenge Index scores for more than 1,900 public high schools nationwide. The Washington Post honored 10 Hidalgo County high schools on its first-ever national Challenge Index rankings, which graded college preparation at more than 1,900 campuses. Each county school also placed in the Texas Top [...]

A report from Los Angeles Times:It may be in their backyard, but for many South Bay students, a seat at Cal State Long Beach has become one of the toughest tickets in town. Families in Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes, Torrance and elsewhere have become casualties of a confluence of circumstances that include education funding cuts, [...]

Students are starting to receive financial aid information for next school year, but colleges are warning students that the numbers are only estimates at this time because of unresolved issues with the federal Pell Grant program. Last month, the Republican-led House approved a spending bill for the remainder of the fiscal year that would cut [...]