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Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card
There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.
Kids' reading, math skills are worsening, new test scores reveal. What's going on?
Fourth and eighth graders also performed worse on the math portion of the 2024 test than they did before the pandemic. Fourth ...
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Parents baffled by 'crazy' math question meant for seven-year-olds – can you solve it?
A social media user has taken to Reddit to ask for help solving their seven-year-old's homework – but people have been left ...
Only a third of NYC 4th graders deemed ‘proficient’ in math as Big Apple students lag behind state, national averages: test scores
They’re barely making the grade. New York City fourth and eighth graders still lag behind state and national averages in math ...
WATCH: Travis Kelce reads cute Taylor Swift clue on 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?'
In an episode set to air Wednesday on Prime Video, host Travis Kelce reads a fourth grade mathematics clue with a fun nod to ...
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Reading Scores Fall to New Low on NAEP, Fueled by Declines for Struggling Students
Studies have shown that scoring basic on NAEP is roughly equivalent to scoring “proficient” on many state tests. Students who fall below it lack important reading comprehension skills; for example, a ...
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Why Are Reading Scores Still Falling on the Nation’s Report Card?
Reading and math scores on the nation’s report card show that students haven’t rebounded from the pandemic—and in some cases, achievement is still declining.
Chicago Public Schools and teachers union continue haggling over a new contract. What’s settled and what’s next?
After nearly nine months of bargaining, the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have yet to settle a new, four-year contract. They presented briefs to a third-party law arbitrator ...
KZN Education Department implements mother tongue teaching for Grade 4
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has directed the implementation of Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education for ...
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Travis Kelce gets laughed at for reading Taylor Swift clue on ‘Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?’
“Nicole has 98 beads to make six friendship bracelets,” Kelce, the host of the show, said while reading the clue for the fourth grade math question ... Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” ...
Lackawanna County PSSA scores show students still feeling the effects of COVID-related learning loss
Nearly five years after schools around the state were forced to pivot to online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ...
The search for a high school basketball all-time scorer that time forgot
The unwritten history of Finell White, who went from Harlem playgrounds to South Carolina countrysides and rewrote the record ...