Eighty-five percent of poor 4th graders in predominantly low-income schools are failing to reach “proficient” levels in reading on federal tests, according to a new study by a national foundation that ...

Here’s what I found: While there has not exactly been a region-wide “Southern surge,” there have been some notable Southern ...

A student teacher at P.S. 59 was horrified when she was told to photocopy and distribute a fourth grade homework assignment with "Slavery Word Problems" where the questions were "On a slave ship, ...

Nationally, fourth grade students’ reading scores have been sliding for a long time.  But in the past five years, Louisiana ...

(WXYZ) — A new study released by The Education Trust-Midwest shows Michigan falling in 4th grade reading, which is a big predictor of academic success and life ...

SPRINGFIELD — A citywide effort to promote literacy and early childhood education has earned national recognition from the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, an initiative to get children reading ...

A homework assignment asked fourth-graders at a private school in Wauwatosa to argue why slavery was a good thing. It prompted an apology from the principal of Our Redeemer Lutheran School, who said ...

MICHIGAN, (WPBN/WGTU) -- Michigan ranks in the bottom 10 U.S. states for 4th grade reading, according to a report by The Education Trust-Midwest. The organization said in a press release that 4th ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Michigan has ranked in the bottom 10 states for fourth-grade reading, according to a report from The Education Trust-Midwest. According to the report, the ranking is "projected to ...

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Like most of the nation, California students were stuck in low gear again in 2024. On the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), they performed significantly below their pre-pandemic ...