Had a flash of insight while reading about Puerto Rico and the Spanish American War; see overview at http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/bras.htmlRead more... )

Almost every fourth-grader in Mississippi knows how to read. In Massachusetts, only half do. ... The 2002 federal No Child Left Behind law was designed to raise education standards across the country by punishing schools that fail to make all kids proficient in math and reading ( Read more... )