National News

• Cell phone college class opens in Japan (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Online courses catch on in U.S. colleges (NPR.org)
  
  
• Schools are urged to toughen curriculum (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Minority teachers under-represented in Ohio schools (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  
  
• High-Quality after-school programs tied to test-score gains (Education Week)
  
  
• U.S. 4th-grade readers slip in global test (USA Today)
  
  
• Running From 'No Child' (Washington Post)
  
  
• Some colleges cut, eliminate student debt (The Wall Street Journal)