The New York Times – Susan Saulny and Emma Graves Fitzsimmons

“Our work is to clean up the university,” Mr. Quinn said. “Our main purpose should be repairing the damage. The announcement came three weeks after Mr. Quinn first called on the entire nine-member board to resign.”(more)

Detroit News – Thomas Sowell

“But education is not something that can be given to anybody. It is something that students either acquire or fail to acquire. Personal responsibility may be ignored or downplayed in this “non-judgmental” age, but it remains a major factor nevertheless.”(more)

Detroit News – Staff Writer

“For the first time in a bitter history of education disputes, leading Michigan Republicans and Democrats are working together to create new charter schools for children in Detroit, ground zero for America’s struggle to fix urban education.”(more)

Washington Post – Jay Matthews

“First, though, let’s consider the other, more felicitous trend. It’s not a mass movement, or even close to it. But I am seeing signs of colleges beginning to use AP or IB exam results as a substitute for the SAT or ACT. I think this will eventually put the AP ahead of the SAT as the most important test in the country.”(more)

Oregonian – Suzanne Pardington

“This summer, the last of those appointees stepped down, feeling disappointed and frustrated over the structural and political roadblocks to making the big changes needed for dramatic improvements.”(more)

Forbes- Morgan Brennan

“So I said, let’s restate the problem and assume it’s not an education problem and it is not at all a supply problem. What if it’s a demand problem? Like there is no demand in our culture. And it’s not an education problem, it’s a culture problem.”(more)

Guardian – Polly Curtis

“The government is working with the former Tory schools secretary Lord Baker to set up a new generation of technical schools to train teenagers to become builders, technicians and engineers.”(more)

Guardian – Warwick Mansell

“After years of disputes over whether state schools should be able to opt for the International GCSE exam, ministers have now signalled approval for it to be offered in eight subjects, including history, geography and business studies.”(more)

Boston Business Journal – Staff Writer

“As freshmen head to Massachusetts colleges in September, administrators at small private colleges are breathing sighs of relief, as it appears they have averted the recession-driven enrollment crisis so many of them feared.”(more)

2 Million Minutes Blog – US Education Secretary Arne Duncan

“In math, our 15-year-olds’ scores now lag behind those of 31 countries. In science, our eighth graders’ scores now lag behind their peers in eight countries that had also participated in the original assessment. In reading, five countries have improved their performance and surpassed our 4th graders.”(more)