Washington, D.C. — National reading performance trends reveal that students’ reading scores have been steadily declining over the past decade and steepened further in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Royals are in the middle of a playoff push, but Thursday, their focus shifted from the scoreboard to the classroom. The team hosted fourth graders from Scuola ...

More than 48,000 fourth graders in the state were reading below the basic level in 2024. Put another way: In the average Pennsylvania fourth grade class of 25, nine students can’t read at a basic ...

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 ...

TCAP reading scores will set off a fast-moving timeline for Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Students’ math scores nationwide dropped by the largest amount ever this year while reading scores also saw sharp declines, according to newly released Education Department data that provides the most ...

More than 560 third graders who attend the Little Rock School District are at risk of being held back for not reading at grade level, according to preliminary testing data provided by the Arkansas ...

Seattle’s fourth and fifth graders squared off this month in the Global Reading Challenge semifinals, curating a love of ...

Iowa’s reading proficiency scores jumped nearly 11 percent after the state implemented the “Science of Reading Act” signed into law by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in 2024. Reynolds and Iowa Department of ...

Read by 4th, a coalition of educators and community members, responds to The Citizen’s critique of the city’s efforts to get ...