National News

• Focus on 2 R’s cuts time for the rest, report says (The New York Times)
  
  
• Fast track to fill school posts in math, science (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
  
  
• Florida's students are opting more and more for the convenience of online courses (Orlando Sentinel)
  
  
• Minnesota colleges help as vets adjust to a new drill (Star Tribune)
  
  
• ‘Institutionalizing’ interdisciplinary research (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Positive financial assessment of private colleges (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Debate over school tests: What's being left behind? (The Star-Ledger)
  
  
• The campus killings spur states to act to protect students (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• Maverick leads charge for charter schools (The New York Times)
  
  
• Michigan school district cracks down on cellphones, iPods (USA Today)
  
  
• English, math time up in 'No Child' era (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Students, schools fear end of racial diversity (The Washington Post)