National News

• Higher education and the poor; Rebuilding the American dream machine (The Economist)
  
  
• Study: Most college students lack skills (USA Today)
  
  
• NCAA colleges score (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Medicaid spending overtakes education (Boston Globe)
  
  
• 'Work-study' high school set for 2007 in D.C. (Washington Post)
  
  
• U.S. school aid has long, long arms (Washington Post)
  
  
• Poorly prepared graduates (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• State board's plan would make high school more like college (St. Petersburg Times)