Fourth graders in Atlanta Public Schools made significant progress in national math and reading tests. Now the district will expand its reading program to middle schools.

EAST BRADFORD — Ten-year-old Hope Rice wants to help other kids with anxiety so she wrote a book with her mother. “The Worry Shark” is a children’s book that offers life lessons and tips ...

A review committee decided to keep the textbook and certify it as age-appropriate content for its fourth-grade students.