Back in 1983, A Nation at Risk launched the school reform wave that experts and officials have been riding ever since. Risk surveyed the wreckage of the bright education ideas of the 1970s — ...

Whenever Poor Elijah’s coffee shop buddies harass him about how easy teachers have it, he returns a friendly dig of his own. “You’re right,” he confesses. “And I feel so guilty this morning that I’m ...

I’m an English teacher. I teach America’s children. But 63 years ago, I was a kindergarten illiterate. Sure, I knew my colors, and I could sing the alphabet song. I could even sit still. But hand me ...