An insightful, well balanced, well researched news article on new attempts to address an important problem -- the ignored "middle" between the high and low achievers in school.

This article highlights a recent trend of which I was unaware, so it's interesting for the information it presents. Better journalism would include more context, depth, and sources -- this piece reads more like an advertisement than a good news report.

This interesting profile of an illegal immigrant attending college does a great job showing the almost insurmountable obstacles to her success -- a story that exemplifies enterprising journalism because these kinds of obstacles to higher education are rarely brought to public view.