Quick Hits (1.11.13)

Dear Finland-lovers: The country’s academic achievement is not all it’s cracked up to be, writes Tom Loveless. (The Brown Center Chalkboard)

Oops. Economist Arnold Kling finds a “rather shocking mathematical error” in the AP Microeconomics Exam, thanks to the help of a student. (AskBlog)

Your good news story of the day. A Penn State senior basketball star creates a middle-school program on bullying as part of her independent study requirement for a degree. She trains her teammates to give talks at local schools about the dangers of bullying, how to recognize it, and how to handle it. (ESPN)

From the Department of We-Can’t-Make-This-Stuff-Up. Fox News host Eric Bolling rails against schools promoting a “liberal agenda.” His evidence? Teaching the “distributive property” in algebra. (Raw Story)