?If what we want to do is help our neediest children get ahead ?we need to find opportunities for them to do the things that privileged families do?solid academic programs combined with an engaging array of enrichment experiences.'' *
-Karl Alexander, Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
?Schools weigh the benefits of more classroom time,? Los Angeles Times
1,610
Number of anomalies in which public school classes boasted statistically rare/suspect gains on state tests
?When test scores seem too good to believe ,? USA Today
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute