Could it be that providing a NCLB waiver will result in greater rigor?  What will states propose to do to demonstrate that they are striving for rigor, even as they request a waiver from the NCLB requirements?  When someone is learning to play an instrument, sometimes the best performance occurs during rehearsal. Sometimes the pressure alone can force a golfer who does very well during practice to “choke” during a tournament. Could performance anxieties, such as the ones indi

According to the 2009 Program for Student Assessement (PISA) given by the Organziation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the U.S. placed average in reading, math, and science compared to 57 other countries tested. Finland and Signapore, however, placed in the top tiers of the PISA. So what are these countries doing differently to bring their students to have the highest academic achievement of the world, and how can the U.S. learn from them? Finland Finland’s e