National News

• Colleges as city builders (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Urban students do worse than nation on science tests (CNN.com)
  
  
• 21st century schools- Beyond the three R's (CNN.com)
  
  
• Democratic majority to put education policy on agenda (Education Week)
  
  
• Racism rears its head (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Sell-off at career education (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Most students in big cities lag badly in basic science (New York Times)
  
  
• Colleges seek better ways to measure learning (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  
• Professors honored for creativity (USA Today)