In Case you Missed It:

Read 
Charles M. Blow
Op/Ed Piece in 
The New York Times:

The Decade of Lost Children

"A majority of children in all racial groups and 79 percent or more of black and Hispanic children in public schools cannot read or do math at grade level in the fourth, eighth or 12th grades." 

Read full piece at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/opinion/the-decade-of-lost-children.html?_r=1&ref=opinion