National News

• Governors endorse a standard formula for graduation rates (New York Times)
  
  
• Elementary achievers- and the high school challenge (U.S. News and World Report)
  
  
• Older students transforming some colleges (CNN.com)
  
  
• Commentary: Teen cynicism is byproduct of college application process (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Keeping college grads in Rochers focus of business group (NBC News)
  
  
• 45 states target graduation rates, Governors agree to uniform standards (Washington Post)
  
  
• Enrollment surges at women's colleges that recently enrolled men (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Students say high schools let them down (New York Times)
  
  
• High school students want courses that challenge (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Getting more girls to study math, tech (San Francisco Gate)