BOSTON – While Massachusetts policymakers debate standardized exams and what form they should take in the future, the Bay State's fourth- and eighth-graders earned top marks in reading and math in nationwide testing results released Wednesday.
Fourth grade students ranked first in reading and tied for first in math, the "Nation's Report Card" shows. It also lists Bay State eighth graders tying for first in reading and math. Other states earning top marks in some categories were Minnesota, Indiana and New Hampshire.
WASHINGTON (AP) — What's a Donald Trump campaign for president look like if he's no longer the only front-runner for the Republican nomination? We're about to find out, just as soon as he decides.
"Well, I don't get it," a confounded Trump said this week when asked to explain why the preference polls he touts every time he's campaigning no longer show him as the unquestioned leader of the GOP's 2016 presidential field.
