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As the No Child Left Behind era ends and Common Core begins, two education heavyweights face-off over what we’ve learned and where we’ve gone wrong.

One student was so unhappy with her grade on an assignment that she referred to her teacher as a "hater." However, she did less than half of the assignment.

The Olympia School District is considering closing McKenny and Madison elementary schools because of a budget shortfall.

Each party had ample opportunity in 2023 to smarten up. Neither did.

Only four school districts in Chautauqua County had higher student proficiency rates on English language arts than the state average in last spring’s third th

Only four school districts in Chautauqua County had higher student proficiency rates on English language arts than the state average in last spring’s third

(LIBERTY SENTINEL) – Last fall, the Duluth News Tribune reported: "Spring, 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress results released Monday, Oct. 24, show Minnesota eighth-graders’ math test scores dropped by 11 points from 2019, placing the state among the 10 biggest drops in that age group nationally. No state reported gains in math performance…

Adults keep fighting over a multiplicity of competing theories, policies and goals, all demanding attention, authority – and, of course, money.

Post-COVID educational declines are here to stay.

(The Center Square) – Michigan ranked in the bottom half of the country for social mobility in a recent study from the Archbridge Institute.