Louisiana 4th graders led the entire nation in reading growth for the second year in a row. The state jumped from 42nd to ...

Mississippi recognized its reading crisis and took action to solve it — proving to big-spending blue states like New York and ...

As reading scores hit record lows, the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County is fighting back early; one book, one child, and one volunteer at a time.

Only 31% of fourth-grade students in the U.S. are at or above the proficiency level for the nation’s reading assessment, the ...

The NCES report ( reveals continued national declines in student performance in science, reading, and mathematics. According ...

Following "concerning declines" in test scores on a national assessment, Maine's Department of Education has new action plans ...

Leslie Vaughn’s 'Bus Stop Blues' gives struggling Detroit readers a story that reflects their challenges and offers a way ...

Louisiana spends less per student than most of the country, yet its fourth graders are outperforming peers in nearly every ...