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Latino students make up the largest minority group of America's school-age population -- and there's broad consensus that public schools are not doing a good job of meeting their needs. In the third report of a five-part series on educating Latinos, Jessica Jones of member station WUNC reports on the shortage of qualified bilingual education teachers. Browse online resources about the issues, and learn about each of the reports in this series.

A federal judge tosses a legal challenge brought by the General Accounting Office, in which the agency sought to learn more about meetings between Vice President Dick Cheney, energy company lobbyists and oil industry officials. NPR's Michele Norris discusses the case with NPR's Nina Totenberg.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports that United Airlines filed for bankruptcy today. The airline has lost about $4 billion dollars in the last two years and didn't have enough cash to pay off nearly a billion dollars in debt that was due this week. It was business as usual for the flying public, though. The airline has promised to keep flying while it comes up with a plan to reduce costs under the supervision of the bankruptcy court.

Spain's military sends reinforcements to the country's northwest coast to help clean up oil from the sunken tanker Prestige. Despite assurances by the Spanish government that the oil would freeze in the hull, a research sub confirms the oil is streaming out. Hear Jerome Socolovsky.

Commentator Jesus Mena started working in farm fields when he was 8 years old along with his parents, and he hated it. Now, he is an administrator at Harvard University and he thought that his family was beyond working the fields. But this past summer, his son took a job on a farm.

Commentator Beth Lapides has been more in tune with her emotional state than the with hard facts of dates and names and places. Faced with questions from a New Yorker magazine fact-checker, she tries to recall information to help proofread a story. But alas, that is not her strength. But she is glad she's more heart than brain.

President Bush today traveled from Prague to St. Petersburg, Russia, for the close of NATO's transformation summit. This is the first time a meeting of all NATO leaders was held behind the old Iron Curtain. Yesterday the Atlantic alliance invited seven East European countries into its ranks. Today's proceedings focused on NATO's relations with Russia. NPR's Guy Raz is in Prague.

CSX Chairman John Snow is reportedly President Bush's choice to replace Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. Bush also reportedly will name former Goldman Sachs co-chairman Stephen Friedman to be the new White House economic adviser. Hear more from NPR's Bob Edwards and Cokie Roberts.

Host Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein about college football's upcoming championship matchup and other bowl games. The only two undefeated teams will compete for the national title. Number one Miami is up against number two Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl.

Is Mrs. Robinson really trying to seduce young Benjamin? Is there really "a great future in plastics"? Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and a Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack made The Graduate an unforgettable coming-of-age movie. On Morning Edition, NPR's Don Lee has the story of the classic 1967 film as part of the Present at the Creation series.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks to Jon Lee Anderson, the author of The Lion's Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan. Anderson is a "New Yorker" magazine correspondent who wrote about the most revered leader in Afghanistan, known as the "The Lion of Panjshir."

Economist Karen Davis, president of The Commonwealth Fund. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine's panel studying ways to improve health care. She supports improving on existing plans such as Medicare and employer coverage. She served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1977-80 and was the first woman to head a U.S. Public Health Service Agency.