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/PRNewswire/ -- To combat summer learning loss in Tennessee and support student learning in the home, Governors Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) today...

"Larger than life" and "willing to do whatever," Langston Moore and Preston Thorne are the hottest act on the South Carolina school circuit.

Females dominate U.S. immigration policymaking, media, and legal positions. The gender imbalance is liberalizing the country’s immigration laws.

Special-interest groups and some members of Congress claim public schools across the country are suffering from crisis-level teacher shortages in the wake of COVID-19, and they are demanding more money from taxpayers as a solution.

Special interests warn of teacher shortages. But most schools have enough teachers, and money for more was spent on administrators instead.

There is scientific evidence that reading with your children has positive chemical effects for both parent and child

While his 2021 Democratic opponent was busy trying to distract voters by constantly talking about former President Donald Trump, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was focused like a laser on the most important issue for millions of Virginians: education. Youngkin’s promises to fix Virginia schools won him the votes of thousands of moderates and Democrats, propelling him to victory in what has become a reliably blue state.

Nearly 5,700 families have been notified that their children tested a year or more behind in reading, making them eligible to be held back a year. But few children actually repeat third grade due to generous loopholes in the law.

It is unclear how many actually will be held back under the law, which provides wide latitude for parents to request exemptions and for administrators to grant them.

[This article has been published in Restoring America to highlight the importance of education freedom initiatives in closing academic achievement gaps.]