Editor's Note: Please welcome back the weekly news update from its summer sabbatical! For those of you who don't know, this is our weekly news roundup of education-related events nationwide and in our launch regions, compiled by one of our amazing interns.
National:
+ In program giving cash, more pass AP tests (NY Times)
+ Reaching out to students through their teachers (Washington Post)
+ GI Bill helps veterans pursue higher education debt-free (NPR)
+ Incoming college students watching expenses (Washington Post)
+ Early education makes all the difference (NPR)
+ The pros and cons of teaching history with Hollywood (EducationWeek)
+ Indiana auto workers go back to school (NPR)
Chicago:
+ Elite Chicago public school admissions probed (NPR)
DC Metro:
+ DC high schools to offer free STD testing to students (Washington Post)
+ Public elementary school outperforms charter school (NPR)
+ Summer school is still in session (Washington Post)
+ 13 district schools offer specialty programs (Washington Post)New York:
+ Gains on tests in NYPS doesn't silence critics (NY Times)
+ Mayoral control is back (Gotham Schools)
+ The battle for NYC schools (NY Times)
+ Why does NYC do better in some subjects than others (Gotham Schools)
+ Council of Urban Professionals program to pay for high AP grades praised (NY Daily News)