Today, Hazlehurst has clawed that figure to 35 percent. And Mississippi has emerged as one of the best places in the country ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Joe Sternberg, Allysia Finley, and Kim Strassel. The Democratic National Committee announced last week that it won’t publish its long-promised ...

Every year I insist that each of my three children select a book for us to read together. Begrudging the assignment, my daughter Ilana spent the summer before college exploiting my love of the past by ...

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. Earlier this year, the National Assessment of Educational Progress released its annual report card, ...

At a moment where many Navy shipbuilding programs are stalling, the Constellation-class guided missile frigate stands out as the most behind schedule, the most over budget, and the most emblematic of ...

For people who move money in the name of impact, the shutdown of USAID landed like a star collapsing into itself. The United States government’s flagship development agency—once the world’s biggest ...

My daughter is about to turn 6. Last year we invited her whole preschool class, and this year we invited her whole kindergarten class. When parents text to let me know their child is attending, they ...

PITTSBURGH — A group of Pittsburgh Public Schools elementary students is learning some critical lessons through music. Faison Elementary School students learned exactly what to do while riding on a ...

According to some teachers and college professors, children aren’t reading as many whole books anymore. But just how widespread is this purported trend, and what does it mean for students’ literacy ...

Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid have conquered catwalks from Paris to Milan — but they got a few pointers on how to master a new runway: the wedding aisle. “And the final part of planning a wedding … the ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. Announcing the 2025 student achievement results at the Alexander Science Center School ...