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The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced 25,399 (77.3%) of third graders passed the initial administration of ...
Today, fourth-grade students in Mississippi read almost a full school year ahead of their peers in New York City, according to national test scores.
The new requirement could have extreme implications, considering a 2024 assessment showed that only about 36% of the state’s ...
In Bay County, 56% of third graders are reading at or above grade level, according to state reports. While those numbers have ...
Beginning this fall, the state’s new literacy plan aims to boost early reading skills through literacy screenings, ...
Mississippi leads the nation. That's not a typographical error. And it's not just a gotcha phrase, preparing the reader for ...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a Cato Institute fireside chat that “it is parents, teachers, superintendents who ...
Denette Mottayaw, the librarian at Clear Fork Middle and High School, is retiring this spring. She worked just over 25 years in the district.
Wellman was convinced that a novel could irrevocably change a child’s morals: “If in a book—as sometimes happens—trickiness and deceit are exhibited as excusable or ‘smart,’ his ideal of honor is ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear program as ...
In Española Valley, where 80% of kindergarten through sixth-grade students read below proficiency, LEER, launched by McCurdy Ministries, aims to rewrite the future for children by providing access to ...
Jacobs said the Burlington Public Library was formed at the urging of the Knights of Labor to make libraries accessible to ...