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Last week, as leading education experts gathered — again —to ponder the nation’s sluggish recovery from pandemic learning loss, one speaker put the issue in stark relief. “This is the biggest problem facing America,” Jens Ludwig, a University of Chicago professor, said flatly. Nonetheless, he told those assembled at the Washington, D.C., event sponsored by […]

(BPT) - The recent release of results from PISA — an international assessment of 15-year-old students — serve to put all of us on notice: our young people can no

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Education and Workforce Policy Cheryl Oldham issued the following statement today on the release of the 2023 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results:“The results from PISA show a steep decline in math achievement for American 15-year-olds between 2018 and 2022, another data point in our country's backslide in academic achievement in the w...

By Aziah Siid | Word In Black Report card on an oak desk/ iStockphoto by Micheal Quirk (WIB) - For many parents, report cards provide the best indicator

Students are getting higher grades, but test scores are declining. One reason: standard educational practice conflicts with what science tells us about how kids learn.

A survey of parents in K-12 learning environments has shocking revelations for America's kids. Their parents think their children are hitting targets at grade level but they are wrong.

Two years after California schools reopened their classrooms to in-person instruction following the Covid-19 pandemic, students continue to struggle -- both academically and emotionally. A panel of experts has ideas for solutions.

Despite widespread griping about the quality of K-12 education, polls consistently show that most parents are happy with the public schools their children attend. Since 2001, Gallup surveys on the topic show an average 76% satisfaction rate for those with kids attending a local campus.

In recent years, the education establishment has sought to undermine assessments of student achievement in favor of feel-good academic blather and pie-in-the-sky grades.

Despite griping about the quality of K-12 education, polls show that most parents are happy with public schools their children attend.