5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (889+ words) Scores from a major international test of 15-year-olds, released on Tuesday, showed a steep decline in United States’ teenagers’ reading abilities—and have already prompted education leaders to dissect potential causes and speculate on how to turn the trend around....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (984+ words) While many school districts have been fixated in recent years on helping young students rebuild flagging math skills, there’s also a growing awareness that math learning among middle and high schoolers is badly off track. Recent scores on the National…...