Peter Schrag,for many years the editorial page editor and later a weekly columnist for theSacramento Bee,currently contributes toThe Nation, Harper's, The Los Angeles Times,and other publications. He is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of several books, includingParadise LostandCalifornia: America's High-Stakes Experiment(both from UC Press) andFinal Test: The Battle for Adequacy in America's Schools.Peter Schrag is the 2010 winner of the Carey McWilliams Award from the California Studies Association.