From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Are American children being left behind after all?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

In Atlanta, eight public school educators have received long prison terms for falsifying the results of standardized testing. In New York, thousands of public school parents are telling their

kids to opt out of taking federally mandated tests. And in Washington, there's a rare, bipartisan

effort to rewrite no child left behind,

created by George W. Bush and imposed by Barack Obama. We'll hear about a growing consensus that

education reform needs reform. Today's talking point, a revolution in the distillery business.

Rum made in six days tastes the same as rum aged for 20 years.

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Warren, I'll be back with To the Point.

Atlanta educators have been sentenced to jail for cheating.

New York parents are telling their kids to opt out of standardized testing. Now education reform is getting a second look in Washington with a bipartisan rewrite of no child left behind. We'll hear about all that. Today's talking point, a 10-year resurgence of cocktail culture has created a shortage of whiskey, tequila,

and rum.

They can all take up to 20 years to distill.

We'll talk to a man who wins prizes with rum he makes in just six days.

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