If the nation's education system finally makes a meaningful turn for the better, March 10 may very well mark the turning point. . . .

A huge amount of research, including my own, in more than 25 states shows that other things being equal, smaller schools produce higher academic achievement than larger schools. . . .

'Right now we're lying to kids," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told the Daily News last week. . . .

A panel of educators convened by the nation’s governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic standards on Wednesday, laying out their vision for what all the nation’s public school children should learn in math and English, year by year, from kindergarten to high school graduation. . . .