An interesting article by Joel Klein (former Chancellor NYC schools) and Jeb Bush (former Governor of Florida) on Friday June 24, 2011 Wall Street Journal A13. Too many high school grads are not ready for college. States are stepping up to raise standards and require students to achieve at a higher level.

Another article of note in the Wall Street Journal on June 28 A15 by Meghan Cox Gurdon called My “Reprehensible” Take on Teen Literature.  Are teens reading too many books in school that dwell on ugliness, dysfunction, barbarity  and cruelty?