National News

• Getting the drop on the dropout rate (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Activist history can't rescue Antioch (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Study links poor reading with minority schools (Charlotte Observer)
  
  
• Study: Educators need way to evaluate development classes (Wilmington News Journal)
  
  
• School-business partnerships target STEM subjects (Education Week)
  
  
• Exit exam unfair (Anchorage Daily News)
  
  
• State task force geared toward campus safety (Stateline.org)
  
  
• Prepare for the SAT test, or play with your iPod? Have it both ways (The New York Times)
  
  
• Schools pinched in hiring (The Washington Post)