National News

• Classes separated by gender miss point of education (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Congress Weighs bills on early-childhood education (Education Week)
  
  
• Tuition zooms; so do fears over student loans (Seattle Times)
  
  
• Rules would let schools stop students' special education services (Hampton Roads)
  
  
• Searching for islands of success (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• A soldier’s college (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• After Va. Tech, Campuses Rush to Add Alert Systems (The Chronicle of Higher Education
  
  
• House Republicans to present bill to renew the Higher Education Act (The Chronicle of Higher Education
  
  
• Spreading homework out so even parents have some (The New York Times)
  
  
• Community colleges take lead in retraining retirees (USA Today)
  
  
• Our view on higher education: Unaccountable U. ((USA Today)
  
  
• Varying Standards May Hurt 'No Child' (Washington Post)