Are our brains wired for reading? Can kids learn to read on their own? Here's what the research says and how we can implement ...

When market research firm Circana issued a report on the slump in the middle grade market in July, it was not so much a surprise as a continuation of disheartening news for the category, whose sales ...

Ms. Jackie, a teacher at Detroit Prep in Detroit, MI, works with her first grade students. The newest NAEP results landed this week – with a thud. Twelfth-grade reading proficiency fell to 35% and ...

In general, a school with a lower poverty rate is going to have higher test scores than one that serves a more disadvantaged ...

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...

America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as ...

The national goal is for children to be literate by the end of Grade 3, to ensure that they do not fall behind in later ...

“This has been passed in at least 13 or so states, some of them now are trying to get rid of the retention law because of its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Achievement gaps in eighth grade math are growing in every state across the country. But in reading, they’re actually a bit worse.

Two strong policy shifts: holding individual schools accountable for student performance, and changing how reading is taught ...