Remember the classic NY Times headline about how crime rates are going down even though more people are in jail? Well, here’s an item from Fox News that you could file right alongside:

“Large percentages of high school seniors are posting weak scores on national math and reading tests even though more of them are taking challenging courses and getting higher grades in school, say two new government reports released Thursday.” [My italics.]

We should start a collection of these astonishing “even thoughs.”