The NYT links:

Letters to the Editor, the reply that made me chuckle is the one by Susan Goodkin.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/opinion/l14college.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1

Original article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/opinion/08levy.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=five%20ways%20to%20fix%20america�s%20schools&st=cse

We are in a very good school district, but things are still mostly disappointing. I have already lost interest in trying to arrange anything better for DS. Anything that the school can't give him, I will. The schools in many cases are really just nagging our kids (You are so right about this, kcab).