Class of 2008
2008
Price of a Gallon of Gas: $3.27
Average In-State CA College Tuition: $5,938
Price of a Big Mac: $3.57
What was new in innovation, culture and education?
The first public bike system, the world's first moving skyscraper, The Retail DNA Test, The Tesla Roadster and the Large Hadron Collider.
Obama is elected the first black President; Pixar releases the first computer-animated science fiction futuristic movie "WALL-E."
The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act provides more than 90-billion dollars for education, nearly half of which goes to local school districts to prevent layoffs and for school modernization and repair. It includes the Race to the Top initiative, a 4.35-billion-dollar program designed to induce reform in K-12 education.