As kids are going back to school, some parents and guardians are choosing to hold their child back a grade, transfer their child to another school or both. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S.

In suburban Howard County, Md., lots of students take calculus in high school. Or at least, lots of white and Asian students do. In 2011, African-American and Hispanic students made up about 30 ...

As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It worked ...

The state aims to see 70% of its third graders reading at grade level by 2027. So far, only about half are hitting the mark.

From the moment our children are born, we’ve watched them grow and change right before our eyes. In the first year of life, babies change and develop very rapidly. By the time they are 3 or 4 years ...

Terri Bollinger, principal at the Ridge Central elementary school, has noticed a troubling trend. Her third graders are doing incredibly well. Most of them meet or exceed Illinois state reading ...

When market research firm Circana issued a report on the slump in the middle grade market in July, it was not so much a surprise as a continuation of disheartening news for the category, whose sales ...

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education ...