One more month of school
Avon Elementary is extending its school year for students who are behind in reading. From the Vail Daily.

Tickle your back-to-school funny bone
From the Today show, click the “Launch” button on the right side of the page for some back-to-school cartoons.

Never too late to learn
Marketing effort pushes diverse groups to get high school diploma. From The Sun News.

Boarding Schools Generate China’s Sport Stars
Everyone I know is caught up in Olympic fever. So today on the roundup I’m featuring a story on a different kind of school– athletic training schools in China. An interesting fact: The director of the Institute of Physical Science under the General Administration of Sports estimates that each Olympic gold medal has cost Beijing around $7 million. From NPR.