If community groups aren't covering the entire cost of their facility use, exactly who makes up the difference? The answer is the school district.

New data shows, for the first time at this level of detail, how much students' standardized test scores rise with their parents' incomes—and how disparities start years before students sit for tests.

"A long, long time ago I heard a superintendent talk and say, 'The problem with communication is 90% of the time people think they communicated, they didn't communicate or they miscommunicated,'" says Sean Maika, who was recently named a Superintendent to Watch by the National School Public Relations Association. "That leads to 90% of your problems."

Wayzata High School's "Portrait of a Graduate" makes it clear to the community that students are learning relevant skills necessary for their future success.