National News

• Virginia Scholarships finally break color barrier (NPR Audio Clip)
  
  
• More states probing career education (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• How much is too much (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Searching for black students (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Chicago reading scores surge (Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  
• Hitting the books now starts at age 4 (Washington Times)
  
  
• Number of advanced exam test-takers doubles (Arkansas News Bureau)
  
  
• State changes dropout formula (Portland Press Herald)