(NEXSTAR) — Do you think you could pass a fifth-grade state math test? With another school year underway, it’s never a bad idea to know what Oregon students are learning — or how hard the lessons are.

DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...

Scott Levy is a parent of children with attend New York state public schools. From February 2014 through February 2015, he was a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, ...