From Common Core to Singapore Math, robotics to creative writing, student athletes, ADHD and many other topics, weve covered a lot of ground on this program over the past 14 months. Dr. Jefferson gives a brief synopsis.

Karin Chenoweth is author of How Its Being Done: Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools , which examines in detail how eight high-poverty and high-minority schools have achieved academic success. It also examines how Massachusetts has become the highest achieving state in the nation. Chenoweths...