Texas - Former Austin Mayor Bruce Todd thinks he has found a way to make learning more enticing for some Austin students: pay them cold, hard cash. The plan calls for Eastside Memorial High School students to be paid $6 an hour with private money to attend tutoring sessions. Eastside is the new name for the former Johnston High School campus, which was closed in June after five consecutive years of failing to meet state dropout and testing standards. The East Austin school, which reopened under the new name last week, serves many of the students who attended Johnston. "When a school fails — and being that Johnston was the first ever closed in Texas — it calls for different and dramatic action," Todd said. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Dollar Days
