1) This week’s Education Gadfly. It’s chock full of good stuff, including a guest editorial from the Rodel Foundation about how to train the education spotlight on states, “which are these days the wallflower at the school-reform dance.” The article recommends spiking the school-reform punch.

2) Mike’s piece about Catholic schools on National Review Online. If you haven’t heard, the pope’s paying the country a visit and American Catholic schools are in trouble. Mike tells us why they’re struggling and how we can help.