The moment I open the front door after coming home from work, I hear a duet of 'Mom! I don't get this homework!'And one is ...

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Homework horror stories are as timeworn as school bullies and cafeteria mystery meat. But as high-stakes testing pressures have mounted over the past decade—and global rankings for America’s schools ...

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