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BISMARCK, N.D. – State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said the Department of Public Instruction will be providing $500,000 in grants to improve mathematics instruction and learning in North Dakota’s schools.

Districts where students spent the most time in remote learning during the 2020-21 school year lost at least half a million more students than they would have if they’d stayed open, a new report shows. And those that offered mostly in-person learning during the first full school year of the pandemic not only lost fewer […]

It's tempting to overstate causes for a one-year rebound after previous decline.

Leaders of the state’s two education employee organizations are holding focus groups across the state.

A series of new studies demonstrate exactly how much school shutdowns could cost the next generation of American students.

Virtually every York County school district saw a measurable decline in academic performance, some more dramatic than others.

In recent years, there has been a lot of focus on the problematic ways that many schools have been teaching reading. Specifically, as journalist Emily Hanford pointed out, many teachers were omitting phonics instruction, having never been trained or directed to deliver it.  This oversight has led to reading difficulties in millions of kids. But […]

The return to school has been difficult for everyone. Here’s how to cope.

Maryland school test scores reflected a national decline in learning, according to newly released data from national tests known as the “nation’s report card.”

South Dakota epitomizes the rapid growth of homeschooling in America. Guided by the principle that parents, not the ...