Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Wednesday Morning News CPS students compete for academic honors
High school students from all over the area were ready and willing to take tests for hours in the 2008 CPS Academic Decathlon. Teams were representing their schools as "test takers" in a competition unlike any other.

Wider safety problem seen in huge beef recall Tribune
The record recall Sunday of 143 million pounds of ground beef illustrates a key gap that remains despite recent federal efforts to bolster food safety: The quality of government inspections continues to vary, food safety experts say.

Schools Scramble Menus After Big Beef RecallNPR
The largest beef recall in U.S. history has sent school districts scrambling to clean out their freezers and shake up their menus. Melissa block talks with Marsha Metzger, nutrition director for the Fort Wayne Community School District.

Parents Rise Up Against A New Approach to Math Washington Post In Prince William and elsewhere in the country, a math textbook series ["Investigations in Number, Data, and Space," a Pearson School series] has fomented upheaval among some parents and teachers who say its methods are convoluted and fail to help children master basic math skills and facts.