A spirited 5-year-old, Ella Whalen squirmed away from her laptop every chance she got during Zoom kindergarten this year. One day when her mother, Christine, left the kitchen for a moment, the tyke ...

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

In listening sessions with state leaders over the last few weeks, Georgia teachers voiced concerns about a test-based accountability system that demands all students be at the same place at the same ...

Kids who don't read at grade level by third grade are at much greater risk of dropping out of school and are less likely to ...

They say students have fallen three grade levels behind. They say behavior has never been worse. They say it's as if they have to teach people who have only built one-story houses how to build ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — As Braylon Price remembers it, he struggled with pretty much everything the first full school year of the pandemic. With minimal guidance and frequent disruptions, he had trouble ...

The number of students held back for a year of school has surged around the country. Traditionally, experts have said repeating a grade can hurt kids’ social lives and academic futures. But many ...