Editor's Note: This is our weekly news roundup of education-related events nationwide and in our launch regions, compiled by one of our amazing interns.
National:
+ Schools to cut summer school as a result of deficits (NY Times)
+ Alumni group to buy struggling college (NY Times)
+ Korean school preps students for Ivy League (NPR)
+ Plan to tie college loans to income (NY Times, NPR)
+ Louisiana to offer "career diploma" (Christian Science Monitor)
+ Community Colleges see demand spike, funding slip (Washington Post)
+ BYU to lift ban on YouTube (NY Times)
+ Recent grads may have advantage over older job-seekers (NPR)
+ Paleontology and Creationism meet but don't mesh (NY Times)
+ How should we teach English learners? (NPR)
New York:
+ City Council votes for two Muslim school holidays (NY Times)
+ Are parents thinking differently about education in recession (NY Times)
+ Meet NYC's valedictorians, and their vision of the future (NY Times)
+ From PS 176X, kids with autism get joyful launch (CNN)
+ Are rising graduation rates real? (Huffington Post)
Future of Mayoral Control Special Subsection
+ Senate impasse forces city to revive old school board (NY Times)
+ Board of Ed votes to keep Chancellor Klein (NY Daily News)
+ New Board of Ed urges Senate to revive mayoral control (NY1)