NEWS: Big Stories Of The Day?

Teachers protest pension change Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Retired teachers swamped the offices of the state Teacher Retirement System in Atlanta on Wednesday, winning a battle to keep their automatic cost of living increases

Obama’s win could have effects within classroom AJC
Obama has spoken repeatedly about the role education played in his life. His win can motivate young black men to see themselves leading a..

Researchers Pitch Policy Ideas to Obama Advisers EdWeek
A prestigious education group aims to steer the Obama administration and new Congress toward evidence-based policy changes.

Obama Pressed on Cabinet, Policy ABC News
The unsolicited and sometimes conflicting advice represents an early leadership challenge to Obama, who is deep in the process of selecting his own team and settling on an initial legislative strategy at a time when the economy seems likely to subsume all other issues.

Community colleges suddenly in spotlight MSNBC
Long the neglected stepchildren of American higher education, community colleges have come front-and-center in the eyes of students, policymakers and philanthropists.