The results also highlighted the sharp divergence between higher- and lower- achieving students. The modest progress in fourth grade math was entirely driven by high-achieving students. And the ...

This week, we conclude our series on the causes of American students’ reading decline by discussing the impacts of low ...

Today’s skill-building ideology has pushed kids away from reading by turning texts into specimens. Dissecting a story and ...

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Payne grew up in Laguna Beach, California, and moved to Boise in the eighth grade. He starred at Owyhee (Idaho) High School ...

A discussion of the legal issues related to book banning in public schools and public libraries, including pertinent debates, state law trends, cases addressing standing and constitutional ...

The divisional round includes star quarterbacks young and old, headlined by Most Valuable Player candidates Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen facing off in Buffalo with a trip to the AFC championship game ...

About 8% didn't care, and only 2% didn't think it ... returning to handwritten assessments to prevent copy-and-pasting of passages or outright plagiarism on exams, says a recent article in ...

70.0–60.0 8th & 9th grade Plain English ... the score does not have an upper bound. The lowest grade level score in theory is −3.40, but there are few real passages in which every sentence consists of ...

City and school district leaders held a press conference before a regular school board meeting to emphasize the new focus on ...