A leading figure in Minnesota's long - running effort to create
tougher graduation standards has resigned, charging that Gov. Arne Carlson is retreating from key parts of the idea.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed legislation that will make some significant changes in the state's accountability system and budgeting requirements for schools, including
tougher high school
graduation standards and elimination of a requirement that school districts must spend 65 percent of their operating budgets on classroom instruction.