Forbes – Robert Lenzner

“Blame the rising income inequality in the U.S. on the “earnings gap between skilled and unskilled workers,” says Harvard economist and former chief economic adviser to President George W. Bush, N. Gregory Mankiw in a forthcoming article, “Defending the One Percent,” in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, but available on the Internet now.”(more)

Reuters – Stephanie Simon

“The U.S. teacher training system is badly broken, turning out rookie educators who have little hands-on experience running classrooms and are quickly overwhelmed by the job, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality.”(more)

Reuters – Kate Kelland

“The marketing of unhealthy foods to children has proven “disastrously effective”, driving obesity by using cheap social media channels to promote fat-, salt- and sugar-laden foods, the World Health Organisation’s Europe office said on Tuesday.”(more)

CNN – Susan Wojcicki

“Girls of the world, the tech industry is waiting for you. The skills you learn in your math and sciences classes today are the foundation for building technology that will touch nearly every aspect of our lives in the future — your future.”(more)

The Star – Barbara Turnbull

“A new study says the way preschoolers eat — at the table or in front of a television — is just as important to their health as the types of foods they consume.”(more)

Education News – Christopher Mahon

“So, this is what teachers face when they face a problem class of forty-plus students. They are facing the cumulative influence of many immature kids; the cumulative influence of a fast-paced, superficial technological society; and they are facing the cumulative influence of a media and music culture that is often profane and vulgar. They are facing a group of kids who are not living with enough healthy adult influences in their lives.”(more)

Science Daily – Staff Writer

“Aggression in school-age children may have its origins in children 3 years old and younger who witnessed violence between their mothers and partners, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study.”(more)

Education Week – Richard Laine and Chris Minnich

“Today’s most crucial challenge is enhancing the quality of our public education system and addressing how well—or not—schools are preparing our young people for their futures.”(more)

The Aiken Standard – Karin Chenoweth

“With those arguments as a backdrop, I have been fascinated by enthusiasm for Common Core Standards among educators in successful high-poverty and high-minority schools.”(more)

The Tampa Bay Times – Lisa Gartner

“Approaching his six-month mark as the head of Florida’s education department, Bennett sat down Monday with the Tampa Bay Times editorial board for a wide-ranging interview that touched on charter schools, teacher quality and even the traffic in Tallahassee (much more manageable than in Indianapolis).”(more)