National News

• College Board ‘compact’ targets low-income students (Education Week)
  
  
• Against other industrialized nations, U.S. science performance mediocre (Education Week)
  
  
• Plan clears path for transfer students (The State.com)
  
  
• Improving schools costly, study finds (Delaware online)
  
  
• Our view on improving schools: New York offers blueprint for local education reform (USA Today)