Morning Announcements: February 15, 2011

The New York Times reports that school budget cuts have caused some Texas school leaders to get creative in efforts to raise cash.

In Hawaii, dozens of supports are fighting to prevent the closure of three smaller schools in Honolulu.

The Community College Times tells the story of Toby Dewayne Daughtery and how, with a little help from his community college, he completely turned his life around.

As many as 50,000 home-schooled children would have to be registered with the state for the first time under newly proposed legislation that is drawing fire from parents who teach their children themselves and from social conservatives, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.