Bowling Green Technical College will have its annual General Education Development graduation and recognition ceremony at 6 p.m. today in the building F conference room.

In the second leg of a three-day announcement, Gov. Deval Patrick is in Hopkinton today to continue unveiling his major school reform to overhaul the state's public education.

Gov. David Paterson recommended Monday that the state back a higher-education panel's proposal to create a low-interest subsidized loan program for students at public and private schools.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - As U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings spoke here about new federal rules for calculating graduation rates, South Carolina educators said the accountability law should be revamped when Spellings' boss is out of office.

Summer's end casts reflections on the demise of August as the season's final month for outdoor leisure and family vacations. It used to be a time to get in one final warm weather lick before school started and daylight hours began to fade.