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Former state superintendent Carey Wright shares strategies for sustained improvements in student outcomes and hopes for the future of education in Mississippi.

The district saw much improvement in reading scores, even as math recovery remains a work in progress, early results show.

Republicans have a new shining star for the 2024 presidential election in the way of Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor.

Editor’s note: Reporter Alex Baumhardt worked almost exclusively on this series for more than four months, starting in January. The project involved extensive research and interviews with more than 80 people, including state and local leaders, teachers, parents and students. She collected data and historical documents through records requests with state agencies and school districts, […]

(YOUR NEWS) – Although the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, some worry the accelerated academic decline it seems to have started is only getting worse. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test for the 2022–23 school year indicates that 13-year-olds are poorer at reading and mathematics than during the 2019–20 school year. Get the hottest,…

Recently the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the “National Report Card,” revealed that American 8th grade students scored the lowest ever in history.

 

Republicans have a new shining star for the 2024 presidential election in the way of Georgia State Rep. Mesha Mainor. Mainor, an African American who has been serving in the Georgia Legislature since January 2021, announced two weeks ago that she is leaving the Democratic Party and becoming a Republican. This is a decision of…

Schools are preparing for a new academic year amid growing political polarization in the classroom and mounting concerns about learning loss. As the 2024 election heats up and reports indicate plummeting test scores, educators are at the forefront of navigating the line to satisfy students, parents and politicians. From advances in technology to books pulled…

"We need to make sure that students have the skills and education necessary to decide where they’ll steer our grand political experiment," writes Kevin Frazier.