Improving Student Achievement: What Red And Blue States Are Doing Right

Red states like Mississippi and Louisiana have been praised for education gains but the clearest path to improving student ...
Texans Wire

Whitmer literacy plan boosts pre-K but underfunds children 0–3, advocates say

The proposed state budget includes $600 million to tackle Michigan's low reading readiness levels. Some say it should include ...
KTAR

Can Arizona boost 3rd grade reading proficiency from 36% to 72% in just 4 years?

Only 36% of Arizona third graders are reading proficiently, according to the Arizona Progress Meter. What can be changed to ...

Do Whitmer's literacy investments bring along the state's youngest?

The proposed state budget includes $600 million to tackle Michigan's low reading readiness levels. Some say it should include ...
The Journal

NU School Board passes social studies review

The District 88 School Board formally approved a review for the school’s K-12 Social Studies Program. Curriculum and Instructor Coordinator Amanda Thorson and district teachers Tiffany Gasow, Miles ...

How does Corpus Christi ISD gifted and talented program compare to state?

Corpus Christi ISD has fewer "gifted and talented" students than the Texas average. Here's the reason for the disparity.

Hundreds of corrections being issued for Texas' Bible-infused curriculum

A Bible-infused curriculum that Texas approved for public schools over pushback in 2024 will undergo corrections to fix hundreds of errors caught by teachers and education officials after the ...
Virginia Connection Newspapers

Forestville Elementary School Students Bring History to Life in Great Falls

Fourth-grade students at Forestville Elementary School were up to something that had their parents flocking to their classrooms last Friday morning, Feb. 17. All 88 fourth-grade students of teachers ...
America Magazine

The challenge (and joy) of teaching fourth-grade CCD

Find today’s readings here. I taught CCD for years, to first, fourth, sixth and seventh graders. Every Tuesday afternoon I paired up with a friend to try to explain to classes of 20+ curious children ...
CBC.ca

Alberta Grade 6 math scores tumble 3 years into new curriculum

Nearly half of Alberta’s Grade 6 students failed the provincewide math test in 2024, three years after the province started rolling out its new elementary school curriculum. Only 53 per cent of ...
Houston Chronicle

HISD’s Mike Miles says his curriculum is ‘high quality.’ It's not even vetted.

“High quality” is a mantra that state-appointed Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles and his staff sing like the hoarse refrain of a Friday night fight song. Yes, average STAAR test scores have ...
Long Island Press

Bethpage fourth graders take on engineering challenge with cultural twist

Fourth graders at Central Boulevard Elementary School welcomed parents and special guests to campus on Tues., Nov. 18, for an engaging “Build a Wigwam Engineering Challenge” that brought together STEM ...