By my non-expert opinion, the bar is about 23.4 miles high off the ground (when you consider all the garbage we pile under it). Educators are always talking about “raising the bar” in education and emphasizing “high standards” for students partially because it is sacrilegious to NOT say such things. Perhaps we are just focusing so much on [...]

It seems as though politicians are rallying around the notion of national standards and there are few individuals voicing an opinion and raising questions about the effectiveness of such measures. I, on the other hand, am beginning to wonder if the entire country realizes that standards as they are currently envisioned limit the amount of [...]