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:
+ College officials brace for hit from economy (New York Times)
+ Why parents are mad at Arne Duncan (The Answer Sheet)
+ Study shows better scores for charter students (New York Times)
+ What makes a qualified teacher? (NPR)
+ How much time is too much screen time? (The Answer Sheet)
+ Dr. Jill Biden on community colleges (The Answer Sheet)
+ When the cool get hazed (New York Times)
+ Making science class the coolest period in school (NPR)
+ Skills set drafted for students nationwide (Washington Post)
+ The college calculation (New York Times)
+ University of California faculty and students walk out (NPR)
+ Tony Danza shows high school students who's boss (NPR)
+ Funding delays in GI Bill (New York Times)
+ Helping our teachers (NPR)
D.C. Metro:
+ Schools were not told of suspect food (New York Times)
+ VA gubernatorial candidates on education (Washington Post)
+ City to pull 170 students from private school (Washington Post)
+ Thinking outside the lunchbox (Washington Post)
Detroit:
+ Michigan school reform supporters rally in Lansing (Detroit Free Press)
New York City:
+ A rite of hazing, now in the open (New York Times)
+ Students are squeezed into classrooms (NY Daily News)
+ PS 22 awarded $30,000 from VH1's "Save the Music" campaign (EdWize)
+ Thompson attacks Bloomberg on education (New York Times), and Bloomberg attacks Thompson on education (New York Post)