The number of schools ranked highly in guides such as Barron's Profiles of American Colleges is increasing, without any evidence that these schools' instructional quality is also increasing. Applicants and their families should be wary of letting these rankings serve as the main criteria in their college decisions.

Data show a disconnect between the rigor of the math education that high schools claim to be delivering and the quality of the math education that students are actually receiving.

A new study seeks to determine just how much today's seventeen-year-olds know about history and literature.

Students need basic knowledge about the American past.

Survey of male-female and black-white differences.

All children deserve a comprehensive, content-rich education in the liberal arts and sciences, with real knowledge about civics, biology, geography, art history, and languages.

It's all right to aim high, but not when it blinds a young person to the reality of her situation, and her actual opportunities for a better life.

Review ofWhat It Means to be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation, by Charles Murray, and Libertarianism: A Primer, byDavid Boaz.