Math performance has slightly rebounded since the Covid-19 pandemic closed schools, but reading performance hasn’t bounced back, according to new National Assessment of Educational Progress data ...

Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...

Students’ math skills may have suffered more during the pandemic than their reading skills. Standardized test scores dropped 11 percentage points in math from 2019 to 2021, compared to just 4 points ...

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U.S. students’ math scores lag behind also dreary reading ones and have struggled even before the pandemic, but changes to the math curriculum to combat the problem have been slow moving. Over the ...

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As nine students cluster in a semi-circle in Gail Younie’s cozy summer school classroom at Stephensen Elementary in Southwest Portland, the baggies full of brightly-colored two-dimensional Styrofoam ...

Students across the country were struggling with math before the pandemic, but the COVID-19 disruption caused their scores on national exams to plummet to historic lows. The struggle is resurfacing an ...

Across the nation, kids are heading back to school. It’s an exciting time. I remember both the joy and the nervousness that came with my now twin 13-year-olds' first starting school. In fact, one day ...