Important: New York Times and MinnPost stories about how good teachers can change students’ lives, and how that result is measurable, albeit not easily. Quantifiably — good teachers mean higher lifetime earnings. Hmm. Something wrong about measuring the effect of good teaching in dollars, but I would guess that if a teacher makes a difference in dollars, s/he might also make a difference in other ways: shaping moral behavior, fostering self-esteem, “education for democracy,” and more.
Appalling: The Texas teen deported to Colombia by mistake:
“She looks like a kid, she acts like a kid. How could they think she wasn’t a kid?” Lorene Turner, her grandmother, told the AP.
Also, Turner doesn’t speak Spanish.
Way too much ink: Iowa. New Hampshire. All of them.
News Day, written by Mary Turck, summarizes, links to, and comments on reports from news media around the world, with particular attention to Minnesota. When time permits (and that's not often), News Day also includes longer, analytic articles. 
