The $200 XO laptop, designed for use in developing countries, is coming to the NYC schools. (Post, NY1)
Fewer New York youth are smoking, says the state department of health. (Post)
Washington, D.C. teachers union head George Parker must decide whether to bring Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s controversial teacher pay proposal to a vote this week. (Washington Post)
John E. Deasy, superintendent of the Prince George’s County, Maryland Public Schools, is leaving to head the education division of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Washington Post)
The Inner City Education Foundation, a charter school group, plans to expand from 13 to 35 schools in South Los Angeles in the next eight years. (LA Times)
A group of scientists warned the Texas Board of Education to keep religion and politics out of the state’s new science standards. (Houston Chronicle)
