Corbett may find $4B in education, welfare/PA Cyber reaches milestone; 10,000 students now enrolled/Pa., N.J. legislators blast loss of charter aid/U.S. School Graduation Rate Is Rising

11//29 Observer-Reporter

Corbett may find $4B in education, welfare

Associated Press

By Marc Levy, Associated Press

HARRISBURG - Good luck.

That's the message that Gov. Ed Rendell gave to his successor, Gov.-elect Tom Corbett, as he gets to the business of cutting a $28 billion approved state budget that is projected to be out of balance by more than $4 billion after July 1.

http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/StoryAP/11-29-2010-Viewing-Harrisburg

11/30 Beaver County Times

PA Cyber reaches milestone; 10,000 students now enrolled

Posted on Tue, Nov. 30, 2010

Pa., N.J. legislators blast loss of charter aid

By Rita Giordano

Inquirer Staff Writer

New Jersey and Pennsylvania legislators criticized the Christie and Rendell administrations on Monday for their states' failures to win federal aid for charter school start-ups.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/education/20101130_Pa___N_J__legislators_blast_loss_of_charter_aid.html#ixzz16lWjmQYI

NY Times 11/30

U.S. School Graduation Rate Is Rising

By SAM DILLON

Published: November 30, 2010

The nation’s high school graduation rate, which declined in the latter part of the 20th century, may have hit bottom and begun to rise, according to a report to be issued Tuesday by a nonprofit group founded by former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/education/30graduation.html?_r=1&ref=education