National News

• State’s schools slipping? More drop to lowest category (NewsZap.com)
  
  
• Doubts cast on math, science teaching lures (Education Week)
  
  
• Pennsylvania budget funds $75 million Pre-K program (Education Week)
  
  
• Kansas teachers turn to podcasting (Education Week)
  
  
• State steps in at 17 schools (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
  
  
• A study finds some states lagging on graduation rates (The New York Times)
  
  
• Science bill ready for passage (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• The satisfaction gap (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Software snafu delays release of school progress reports on No Child Left Behind (The Albuquerque Tribune)
  
  
• Allowing for-profit colleges to compete for more federal aid would not immediately increase spending, report says (The Chronicle of Higher Educaton)
  
  
• Education Dept. criticized as lax in policing loans (The New York Times)