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Diane Ravitch will report it (even if the mainstream media doesn't in any real way) via Daily Kos: Team USA has won the 2016 International Mathematics Olympiad Two Americans were among the six individuals to make perfect scores in the competition, along with three contestants from Korea and one from China. The individual results are here . This is a repeat of last year’s winning performance, which was considered a true breakthrough after 20 years without a win. 

I'm leaving out opting out and charter schools stories; they need threads of their own. Over in Pasco (FL), they are so desperate for teachers they have a $1,000 training program to become one for their schools.  I was not aware of this program. The Professional Development Program that helps train people without education degrees to become teachers costs $1,000. However, candidates do not have to pay the money up front. Instead, they can have that money deducted from a series of paychecks and pay it over time. Remember how crummy American kids are at math ?  Not the elite students who are growing in power and numbers.  From The Atlantic (and you should check out the photographs of the kids in this article: