The state’s fourth graders are in the top 20 of the nation when adjusting for poverty. But eighth graders continue to ...

Flat test scores prompt educators from 4 St. Louis schools to visit Washington, D.C., to see how it's done in $1 million literacy challenge.

Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing. In-class tutors and “data chats” at her ...

Florida middle schoolers’ math and reading scores continue a decline that preceded the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Department of ...

The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and ...

The authors of the report note that some school districts, including in poorer areas, have largely recovered from Covid learning loss. Among the standouts are Compton, Calif.; Ector County, Texas, ...

One researcher likened the effects to the ‘tsunami after the earthquake,’ with just 6 percent of districts recovered in both math and reading.

School systems where family income is highest are almost four times as likely to see full academic recovery for students, in both reading and math, than school systems where more students come from ...

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However, the U.S. Department of Ed says it would “love” to include private schools in the results but cannot because not ...

The Education Recovery Scorecard lets you find both districts whose test scores are back to or above pre-pandemic levels and ...

So, getting rid of the federal Department of Education could decentralize education, improve outcomes, and increase parents' ...