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Low national scores have spurred discussion of how K-12 schools can improve student performance. Experts think institutions of higher education can help.

 

Jeremiah Wooten teaches eighth grade math at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Antioch. Earlier this year, some of his students participated in the

Delaware finally hits 1 million residents, tribe sues over river damage in California, and more

While President Biden is trying to win a court victory for his student debt forgiveness proposal, he should be focusing instead on the latest dreadful report by the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP).

After the most recent NAEP testing, math and reading scores across the country continue to drop.

Readers address the national drop in math skills among students. Also: Jokes about the Pelosi attack; crime victims; the purpose of polling.

It’s in all our interests to ensure NAEP releases are buffered from political considerations and walled off from political appointees.

The numbers are rolling in now about how much ground our kids have lost academically due to COVID-19, and they are very bad.

Students across the country lost significant ground in reading and math amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to newly released national assessment data — but Oklahoma students’ scores slipped more than