National News

• Editorial- Getting schooled (USA Today)
  
  
• Chairman defends panel's call for reforms in higher education (Austin American-Statesman)
  
  
• Put a plug in the summer brain drain (CNN.com)
  
  
• The ivory tower gets more flexible (Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Report urges business groups to advocate for high-quality preschool programs (Education Week)
  
  
• Steering minority teens into teaching (Washington Post)
  
  
• Fun with Google and diversity (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Investigation over 9/11 teachings (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Under assessment plan, states could lost funds to districts (Thompson.com)
  
  
• Stunned campus mourns its chief, an apparent suicide (New York Times)