A majority of black, Hispanic and low-income fourth-graders have "below basic" reading skills. Does it matter?

Los Angeles Unified will let 10 schools with low-income students drop standardized tests in favor of their own assessments.

Wisconsin is lowering expectations for students.

The Zeitgeist, it is a changing. First, the New York Times ran David Leonhardt's defense of college admissions tests as a way to...

"(Are you ready?) Yes, I'm ready . . . I don't even know how to hold your hand Just to make you understand But I'm ready (ready) to learn...