USA Today has two reports up. Report one is on a new Civic Enterprises report on high school dropouts. One major reason for dropping out was that the classes were not interesting. The report also states that 62% of highschool dropouts have a c or better average. The second report is on Hispanics and why they are lagging in the educational system.

CNN reports on a new ACT study that says complex reading is the key to college sucess. The study says that eight and tenth graders are more college ready than twelfth graders.

The Education Next journal has two reports up. One is on highly qualified teachers with an unabridged research report on teacher pay. The second one is a report saying that principals are just as good in finding out who are bad teachers are and should get more say in how much they should get paid. The report also has an unabridged research report on the topic as well.

The North Carolina Association for Educators reports recommendations for improving teacher quality.