Only one in five students entering college are prepared for college-level work in math, reading, writing, and biology.

NPR: Seeking Solutions for the Nation's Broken Schools

The SAT tests students in reading, math and writing, with a possible score of 800 on each section.

WSJ: SAT Scores Fall as More Students Take Exam

An afterschool and summer education program for poor kids, the group demonstrated that its students had a seven-month head start in reading, writing and math over their peers.

FORBES: Magazine Article

All three new tests will mirror the old GED in many ways: They will be five to eight hours long and cover the basic subjects of reading, writing, math, science and history.

WSJ: Revamped GED Faces First Big Challenge

Today, apart from a few core skills like reading, writing, math, thinking, imagining and creating, we cannot know what knowledge or skills will be needed when young Freddie or tiny Janet grows up.

FORBES: What's Involved In Reinventing Education?

And so Lee spent the next five months virtually alone, reading Russian novels, writing a math textbook and leaving his cell for only one hour a day.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | The Long Way Home