About 1,250 families have applied for the state's first school voucher program, seeking mainly to enroll children in kindergarten classes in Orleans and Jefferson parishes' private and parochial schools, state education officials said Saturday.

Private schools see jump in assistance requests (East Valley Tribune)

Scholarship funds for Arizona’s tuition organizations may be stretched this fall as more families ask for help paying private school bills. There are 55 school tuition organizations that report to the Arizona Department of Revenue.

A familiar face stepping in as head of Brooks School (The Eagle-Tribune)

NORTH ANDOVER — Most students just live at Brooks during the school year, but the private high school is home for John Packard. Packard has lived and taught at the boarding school for 18 years. He met his wife there and is raising his family in a house on campus.

The High School Years: Raw and Still Unfair (New York Times)

High school can be hard to shake. With ?American Teen,? the director Nanette Burstein can claim a certain expertise on the subject.

The Internet -- a private eye's best friend (CNET)

Private investigator explains how he can find almost anything out about anyone using the Internet, cell phones, cameras and video cameras in a world where privacy is just as good as dead.