National News

• House dives into the Higher Ed Act (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• For Latino teens, a taste of college and money to go (Washington Post)
  
  
• Senators restore ed-tech funds (eSchool News)
  
  
• Deputy Secretary of Education discusses need for better graduation rate data (U.S. Department of Education Web site)
  
  
• U.S. schools lack adequate Chinese language skills (CNN.com)
  
  
• University of California pulls out of national scholarship program that cites PSAT scores alone to determine semifinalists (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Newsweek best high school list, updated (Washington Post)