The Daily Report Card: Campaign Finance, Law School Fallout, Creationism, Misconception

Indiana schools chief Bennett has big head start in election fund-raising – School Matters Steve Hinnefeld on the state superintendent’s re-election campaign coffers. (inschoolmatters.wordpress.com)

The law school bubble – My Budget 360 One in five law students is unemployed or flunked out, writes My Budget 360. There are more people who’ve passed the bar than can get a job. (mybudget360.com)

Ind. Senate broadens teaching creationism proposal – AP Did Sen. Vi Simpson’s effectively take the creationism out of the proposal to allow schools to teach creationism? (Doug Masson thinks so — “This bill essentially does nothing.”) (nwitimes.com)

Five wrong ideas about college admission – Class Struggle Think colleges are impressed by a lot of extracurricular activities? Maybe not, writes Jay Matthews, who challenges what he would term other similar misconceptions about getting into the school of your dreams. (washingtonpost.com)