Data indicates the achievement gap is narrowing between white students and minority students, however studies such as this one from the Council on Foreign relations indicate we are still not doing enough to ensure the success of future generations.

Achievement gaps for black and Hispanic youths have declined by substantial margins in reading and math since the early 1970s, according to new federal data.

The two generations of reform efforts fueled by A Nation at Risk, while commendable and necessary, have only begun to scratch the surface when one considers the enormous achievement problems we still have today.

Where do we stand thirty years after this seminal education reform report warned us of the deteriorating state of American education?

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) hosts an event on Common Core and the education reform movement. CER President Jeanne Allen discusses charter schools and social studies standards.

It is just weeks away from the 30th anniversary of A Nation At Risk, and we are STILL struggling with what to do with kids who can’t read. Really? Read more in the Washington Post article "States draw a hard line on third-graders, holding some back over reading”.

Successful school leader and one-time CER awardee Deborah Kenny of Village Academies makes the case for good teaching as the key to triumphant kids, not standards alone. Read her Op-Ed about how the Common Core is affecting how schools handle young children here.

Nation’s Report Card study reveals mega-states lagging national average despite modest gains.

An Indiana website picked up this paper from Sandra Stotsky, Professor Emerita at the University of Arkansas, and dubbed it "The best explanation of why Common Core ELA standards are rubbish".

These charts from the Education Consumers Foundation not only help determine how well a school in a particular state or region is educating a student, but also shed light on the argument heard so often about poverty being an excuse for poor performance.