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Chuck Douglas of Pembroke is a former State Supreme Court Justice and a trustee of NH Civics. You cannot preserve our democratic institutions when only one in five students understand the basics of them.Eighth graders’ test scores in U.S. History and...

If "Project X" between the city of Fort Smith and an unnamed retailer goes through, I expect taxpayers there to file a lawsuit based on violating the states constitution.

And that’s the first step toward losing our civilization.

I do not believe teachers have the time to focus on such issues, even though they are important areas that should be covered.

Students should be introduced to competing perspectives that challenge their preconceived points of view. Without a strong foundation in history, civics and social studies, that's challenging.

Former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, now a Floridian and a trustee of the education policy nonprofit Foundation for Florida's Future, writes that Florida faces a 34-point gap between what is considered a passing score on state assessment tests and the national standard. It's something the Florida Board of Education should address.

After the pandemic, school districts across the country have struggled with how best to help students who can't read at grade level by the third grade.

Should third graders who don’t read well enough to pass a standardized test repeat their grade? That question is roiling states, with some choosing to keep the practice, some to modify it and …

Tyler Pare, a New Hampshire native and ardent supporter of civic education, teaches history for the Hollis Brookline Cooperative School District in Hollis. This commentary originally ran in the New Hampshire Bulletin. Data. A word synonymous with...

Statistics suggest the Third Grade Reading Guarantee is not working and that punishing children for reading problems by holding them back doesn't actually help them learn to read. Some education experts argue that significantly higher state investments in quality early-childhood education are needed instead.. But some lawmakers balk at discarding this key metric. What does the Editorial Board Roundtable say?