National News Roundup

Nearly 90 percent of parents with children in public schools give the nation's schools a grade of A, B, or C, according to a survey released last week by the American Association of School Administrators. Of those parents, 13 percent give schools an A, and 39 percent give them a B.

The survey of voters nationwide, which has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points, also found that about 60 percent of all respondents would make "minor changes'' in their local schools; a third said their schools needed "major reform.''

However, 63 percent of respondents said schools nationwide need major restructuring, and 31 percent...