National News

• U.S. business group will rank school performance (CNN.com)
  
  
• U.S. faces severe worker shortage in future (USA Today)
  
  
• Survey: Seeds of success sown early for academic stars (USA Today)
  
   
• Price is right: Free college in St. Paul (Pioneer Press)
  
  
• Commentary- Taking AP to 10th grade is taking it too far (Washington Post)
  
  
• Report: State college aid is 'broken' (Rocky Mountain News)
  
  
• Give a cheer for no tuition hikes (San Mateo County Times)
  
  
• Identifying the racial 'unknowns' (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• A tenure reform plan with legs (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Aid lets smaller colleges ask, why pay for Ivy League retail (New York Times)
  
  
• Here's an idea: Put 65% of the money into classrooms (New York Times)
  
  
• College benefits could exclude immigrants in Georgia (Macon Telegraph)
  
  
• Parents save more for college than for retirement (Courier Post)
  
  
• PA board rescinds 'intelligent design' policy (USA Today)