When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...

Mississippi fourth graders’ average math scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress were higher than ...

High-dosage virtual 1:1 tutoring programs analyzed in two university-led studies found significant gains for young students’ ...

Legislators are considering a bill that would establish the Mississippi Math Act and require implementing interventions similar to those that led to the state’s celebrated gains in reading. Wake up ...

The UFLI reading curriculum is already used in McLean County school districts, including District 87 and Heyworth.

Fulton County’s literacy coaches helped raise reading scores, offering a model as Georgia considers placing a coach in every K-3 classroom in the state.

State leaders visit Alice Smith Elementary to champion early literacy as Nevada data shows more students below grade level than above ...

Diane and Randy Zook, the community leader honorees for the nonprofit’s upcoming Spellebration, both have a wealth of experience in Arkansas’ literacy efforts. Diane is a retired educator who formerly ...

Events happening at the library • On March 14, a Princess Tea Party will feature activities such as crown making, hair ...

Attorneys for Melvin Trotter had long argued he was intellectually disabled, but he was put to death by lethal injection for ...

Half a century after the book “Why Johnny Can’t Read” sounded an alarm about the rise of illiteracy in the U.S., it has only gotten worse: A quarter of all young adults, many of them high school ...