Missouri students are headed down a dangerous road. Only 30% of the state’s fourth-graders are reading at grade level. The numbers are even more alarming for Black and Hispanic students in the state.

In schools across the country, about one-third of students are behind grade level in reading. Even in Massachusetts, which consistently ranks at the top of various education metrics, this crisis ...

Houston ISD's standardized test scores are improving and on par with statewide averages after spending years trailing behind, a feat state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles attributed Thursday to ...

Editor's Note: Corrections were made to this story on Sept. 29. Two elementary schools in the Mechanicsburg Area School District did not make state targets in fifth-grade reading in 2010-11, leaving ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Missouri students are headed down a dangerous road. Only 30% of the state’s ...