National News

• Report: Rural students get better grades than urban peers (The Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Recognize early education's value (SpokesmanReview.com)
  
  
• Students enlisted in ads to recruit teachers (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Upkeep of schools is new focus for budget (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Want to be good at science? Take lots of math (USA Today)
  
  
• Making a hard-life story open a door to college (The New York Times)
  
  
• A taste of college life, and a plan for making it reality (The New York Times)
  
  
• Cost of higher education gets more pricey (USA Today)
  
  
• Off the quad (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Understanding Gaps Among Asian Groups (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Antioch College president to resign (The Cincinnati Post)