By Nancy Mitchell On Monday, three weeks before classes officially begin in Denver Public Schools, some 230 students came to Abraham Lincoln High School to get a jump on the often daunting freshman year.

By Siedsma, Andrea Phenomenal population growth in California during the past decade has not only clogged the freeways and elevated housing prices, but also has put a squeeze on many schools, colleges and universities, which have become overcrowded and fallen into disrepair.

By Sharon Noguchi, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Mar. 2--Once derided as non-essential fluff and an expensive luxury, the arts have languished in California schools for nearly three decades.

By Jennifer Torres, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Oct.

By AP SEATTLE (AP) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Thursday it was putting $16 million into a new high school improvement program designed by educational testing company The College Board, to be launched this year in 11 high schools in three urban districts.