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DAN WALTERS: California schools are getting a big infusion of financing, but it’s uncertain whether more money will translate into better academic outcomes.

A couple of longtime friends in Mississippi got to talking about the books their kids love — and immediately realized there was a dearth of Black characters. So they organized the project behind the popular "Big Monty" book series that features smart Black kids whose adventures in middle school include easy-to-follow science experiments.

A coalition of business, school, philanthropy and labor groups came together in 2019 to try and solve decades of mediocrity in Michigan public education. But major school groups, including the department of education, have bailed, leaving the effort in question.

Despite hundreds of students being identified for retention, no Lansing-area third-graders will be held back under the Read By Grade Three law.

While California’s schools received a multi-billion-dollar additional infusion of cash in the budget, there is no correlation between spending and achievement.

Texas students’ standardized test scores in reading and math moved closer to pre-pandemic levels.

There was fear that after another school year of COVID-19 disruptions scores would not improve.

Texas STAAR results improve in math and reading after pandemic dips

Corrections experts have long recognized a connection between poor literacy, dropout rates and crime. Here are things families can do early on.

People these days worry about the rising prices of gasoline and milk, but there’s another destructive inflation that has gone unchecked for years: grade inflation. Just like monetary inflation, which makes your bank account look great until you’re rudely awakened by the reality that you can’t buy as much as you used to, grade inflation makes your transcript look great, until you discover that you haven’t learned as much as you thought. And though grade inflation is not new, its recent in...