Chamber pushes GOP-backed reforms for schools Washington Times: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee plans to introduce a bill before summer... US students show poor grasp of civics basics NYT: Fewer than half of US eighth-graders knew the purpose of the Bill of Rights on the most recent national civics exam... Questions, confusion in classrooms over bin Laden AP: It was a day of infamy they don't remember... For Next Chief of Newark Schools, Hard Choices NYT: If she is approved, Cami Anderson faces choices about how to use a $200 million windfall to help address problems... Ohio student drowns, 2 swept to sea in Costa Rica AP: An Ohio teenager on a school mission trip to Costa Rica drowned in a riptide Wednesday and two of her classmates were swept to sea, officials said... Seattle schools to send out 70 pink slips Seattle Times: Seattle Public Schools plans to send layoff notices to about 30 teachers and 40 other school employees... Two Students Plead Guilty in Bullying of Teenager Boston Globe: Two of six students in South Hadley, Mass., who were charged with bullying Phoebe Prince before her suicide last year have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges... Texas teacher on leave over bin Laden comment AP: A Southeast Texas school has put a teacher on leave pending an investigation into an allegation that he asked an American-born Muslim student if she was grieving because her "uncle" had died... Why Obama is reading up on High Tech High Union Tribune: These days, the biggest source of pride among students and teachers is their chance to have President Barack Obama deliver their graduation speech next month.
