First bell: 8-10-12

A first look at this morning's most important education news:

• 2013 state budgets are around the corner; the outlook is more uncertain than negative. (Education Week)
  
  
• Students in Virginia will now need to complete an online course to graduate (Virginian-Pilot)
  
  
• Hope for ineffective teachers? A Harvard study finds bad teachers can improve. (Huffington Post)
  
  
• The charter debate in Georgia is going to the ballot this November. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
  
  
• With tenure overhaul signed, New Jersey lawmakers now aim to topple the "last in, first out" seniority policy for layoffs. (Star-Ledger)