The Indianapolis Star – Timothy L. Ogle

“Our award-winning district in Avon has experienced unprecedented success while maintaining financial stability. This is the result of years of dedicated professionals, supportive parents and strong school leaders. With the start of the 2010-11 school year, never before have we as a community faced such challenges.”(more)

The Christian Science Monitor – Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

“Put down your No. 2 pencils and get ready for the next generation of standardized tests, featuring fewer multiple choice questions and increased use of computers.”(more)

Times Higher Education – Rebecca Attwood

“As graduate numbers have grown in recent decades, so too has universities’ emphasis on equipping students with the skills to succeed in the jobs market. In the UK alone, well over a hundred reports have discussed what employability skills are and why they matter. With the arrival of recession, the focus is now stronger than ever.”(more)

Inside Higher Ed – David Moltz

“In recent years, rural community colleges have done significantly better than their urban and suburban counterparts in the percentage increase of associate degrees awarded to women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. And though the reasons for their relative success — which is detailed in the latest issue of the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering — remain unknown, community college researchers are suggesting policy recommendations in an attempt to replicate it elsewhere and boost the numbers of these underrepresented students.”(more)

The Wall Street Journal – Mayank Maheshwari

“It has long been advocated that in classrooms in the West, Indian students tend to be more hard-working than their non-Indian classmates when it comes to academics. A key reason for this is the inculcation of study habits in students from a very early age and a societal perception that children need to put their studies before all other aspects of their daily lives. Indeed, no other reason will get you excused from a family wedding in India than to say that you have an important class or a test coming up.”(more)

The New York Times – Sam Dillon

“Standardized exams — the multiple-choice, bubble tests in math and reading that have played a growing role in American public education in recent years — are being overhauled.”(more)

Education Week – Erik W. Robelen

“NBC News is planning a special week of programming and other activities late this month to draw attention to the challenges in U.S. education and how to address them.”(more)

FOROYAA Newspaper (All Africa) – Bakary Y. Jammeh 1 September 2010

“The outgoing chairperson of EFA Campaign Network Gambia Chapter, Madam Adelaide Sosseh, recently told her network members that quality education is still a concern despite progress registered towards achieving the goals of education for all by 2015.”(more)

The Local – Staff Writer

“Homeless students enrolled at Stockholm University are camping out in campus grounds after having exhausted all alternatives and to protest at the lack of accommodation offered them on arrival in Sweden.”(more)

BBC – Sean Coughlan

“There will be 32 schools opening this term as new-style academies in England.”(more)