A student reads in class at Mint Hill Elementary. More Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students in kindergarten, first and second grade are meeting literacy benchmarks at the start of this school year ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP)–According to the National Literacy Institute, 21% of adults in the United States were illiterate in 2024. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a disruption to learning, including ...

The 2013 Nation’s Report Card from the National Assessment of Education Progress showed only 35 percent of U.S. fourth-graders read proficiently, according to scores posted last week. Thirty-two ...

Columbus City Schools officials discussed the district's recent state report cards during a Board of Education meeting Tuesday, acknowledging more work was needed to raise scores while citing ...

Financial literacy education in the United States has improved significantly in recent years. More than 90% of states incorporate elements of financial literacy into their school curricula, either as ...

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Brevard Public Schools is set to begin the next school year with a new plan for tackling early literacy — something they call the "Mighty Moves Initiative." "We have a very clear and concise plan that ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Indiana Department of Education has announced a significant improvement in third-grade literacy rates across the state, with the 2023-24 Indiana Reading Evaluation and ...

The board deadlocked on the proposals, sending the discussion back to the drawing board.

Lauren Lopez, the Director of Racial Equity at The Mind Trust, sheds light on the transformative Go Farther Literacy Fund, a program initiated by The Mind Trust to combat the pressing literacy crisis ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Board of Regents adopted a plan to improve literacy training for Kansas teachers and students. Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) announced on Wednesday, March 6 that they ...