Data from federal standardized test scores points to another startling effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on America's children, with numbers indicating that reading and math scores for 13-year-olds ...

Like many districts, the Marietta school district in Georgia has spent the past five years focused on improving literacy achievement for its youngest students, intent on making sure kids leave ...

A student exits a school bus as they arrive to Creative Arts Secondary School on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Saint Paul, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/Minnesota Reformer) The share of Minnesota eighth graders ...

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More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, a critical year for literacy development, according ...

Andrea Asuaje is a senior radio producer with “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley.” Prior to her work at GBH, she was a senior producer and show runner at Rococo Punch; and a reporter, producer and ...

There’s yet more evidence that students have lost significant ground following the wobbly shift to pandemic-era remote classes that stretched for months: New data show the nation’s 13-year-olds are ...

Did you know you can light a candle, let it burn, and then interpret how the wax has melted to receive answers to your questions? Candle wax reading is an easy way to tune into your intuition and ...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a federal program that measures student achievement at three grades (4, 8, 12) across a range of skills, subjects and variables. Student achievement ...

NEW YORK STATE, USA — New York Governor Kathy Hochul celebrated signing into law 'Back to Basics' legislation that will help improve reading proficiency in classrooms across New York State. At the ...