Quick Hits (6.27.12)

“After the university library, to your left, you’ll see our oil rig …” Pennsylvania lawmakers approved a bill that would allow oil drilling on university campuses. Those institutions would get up to 40 percent of the royalties—15 percent of which must be devoted to reducing tuition costs. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Calling all edu-wonks. A new online database provides a “broad overview of the national education landscape,” that focuses on five areas: education research, education policy, reform organizations, education technology, and philanthropic support. (The Laura and John Arnold Foundation)

The best way to retain teachers? Let them leave, says this educator. (Huffington Post)

“Successful failure”? In this new paper, Alexander Russo calls the ED in ’08 campaign the “most-imitated ‘failure’ in modern reform history.” (American Enterprise Institute)