Drills propel kids but chafe some parents

Portland Public Schools students, especially low-income ones, are spending more time with their heads buried in books, learning to read in kindergarten, deciphering math and cramming in still more with evening homework. Zeroing in on the basics has paid off: Low-income elementary students are doing better than ever. Who could argue with what it takes to make that happen? Parents, that’s who. Read more about the complaints that middle-income parents are making in this article from The Oregonian.