When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...

Lansing — Michigan lawmakers have spent about $1 billion over the last decade attempting to boost students' reading scores, but the investments have failed to achieve anything close to the goal ...

TULSA, Okla. — More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, the debate is back at the State Capitol, driven by ...

PLANS INCLUDE WALKING TRACKS, ATHLETIC FACILITIES, AND SHARED SPACES. NEW TONIGHT: STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE NOW LOOKING TO MISSISSIPPI FOR ANSWERS ON HOW TO FIX A LITERACY CRISIS. AFTER ...

Too many of our students are sitting in classrooms struggling to read. There is a reading crisis in Virginia. The data tells us that Virginia’s students are falling behind and do not have the basic ...

DETROIT, MI – Improving sluggish reading and comprehension skills among Michigan’s young learners is a task built on “decades—not days,” according to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. However, after years of ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — More than 22% of adults in San Diego County read at a fourth-grade level or lower, but a local college is helping them overcome that barrier and achieve their educational goals.

There are varying assessments for reading comprehension in New Hanover County’s elementary schools. So what does each tell the public about how well students are doing? Earlier this summer, New ...

Louisiana spends less per student than most of the country, yet its fourth graders are outperforming peers in nearly every other state. Data released Jan. 29 from the Urban Institute ranks Louisiana ...

Mississippi has improved from 49th to ninth in fourth-grade reading results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in the past ten years. pololia - stock.adobe.com A miracle defies the ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...