National News

• An archaic education system (Boston Globe)
  
  
• National group to push extended school time (Education Week)
  
  
• Program provides blueprint for recruiting minorities to science and engineering (Science Daily.com)
  
  
• Support, data seen key to Pre-K teacher effectiveness (Education Week)
  
  
• Easley touts education program (Charlotte Observer)
  
  
• Simpler and safer: One password opens many online doors (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• For schools, lottery payoffs fall short of promises (The New York Times)