Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:

Educating All Illinois Students
New research from the National Center for Education Statistics proves yet again that Illinois lags behind other states in education funding. Catalyst examines the data.

A Party Of Children
Blogger Will Reynolds is angry about the "cheap theatrics" exhibited by Republican members during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress last night.

The Road Ahead
While Obama's health care speech hit on a variety of important issues, The New Yorker's Atul Gawande is concerned that "he may not have done enough."

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