Brandy Boniface, a language arts teacher, arrived early to drill students struggling with phonics.

Many teachers simply drill students in procedures that are soon forgotten.

Many who demand that schools drill students more are themselves examples of how that method hasn't worked.

Shortridge was a strict educator when it came to drilling students and faculty alike.

Rather, the teacher drilled students in the use of grammar.

Minneapolis teachers have responded by drilling students to pass the test, they say.

Drill students so that they perform well on the test.

Drill students up to the day of the test and then hope that the scores look better when they're printed.

Some schools drilled students for months, even during holidays, while others did little to prepare.

After all, even many schools use software packages to drill students for standardized math tests.