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From: "ECS e-Clips" <e-clips@ecs.org> To: Governor Musgrove Created: 12/8/2000 11:39 AM Subject: ECS e-Clips 12/08/00 Message: ECS e-Clips delivers the day's top education stories directly to you. We also provide you with virtually all of the day's education stories with a direct link to Education Week. Let us know what you think about this service by sending e-mail to e-Clips@ecs.org. If you wish to unsubscribe, please reply to this e-mail message with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. To view these articles and EDUCATION WEEK'S "Today's Roundup," visit the ECS e-Clips Web site, CLICK HERE: http://www.ecs.org/ecs/e-clips Friday, December 8, 2000 DALLAS MORNING NEWS "Nation's Colleges Begin To See Laptops as Edge in Education" As colleges nationwide seek edgier ways to engage students and prepare them for jobs, many see 6-pound laptops as the answer. LOS ANGELES TIMES "State Easing Up on Exit Exam for High School" Concerned that California's new high school exit exam would not withstand legal challenges if large numbers of students fail, Gov. Gray Davis has decided to make it shorter and easier. MIAMI HERALD "National Testing Urged To Improve Schools" The federal government should test children yearly in math, science, reading or writing -- and pay for much of it -- a panel of lawmakers, educators and businessmen said Thursday. ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH "Governor-Elect Hopes To Improve Higher Education in Missouri" Missouri Gov.-elect Holden called the "report card" on higher education, published last week by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, "a valuable tool for pointing to areas where we need to improve." Holden hopes to increase the percentage of high school students continuing to college, improve teacher education and get "top" students into "top-notch" preparation programs. - Attachment Filename: C:\archives\governor\mail\Governor Musgrove\_attach\ECS e-Clips 12_08_00\Mime.822