When comparing and selecting tutoring programs, both the hours of extra support needed to improve student learning and the related costs should be considered, according to research from nonprofit Accelerate, as reported in K-12 Dive.
Underperforming Indiana third graders who are held back show significant progress for the next five years, a research study has found, The 74 reports. The study examined data from 2011-12 to 2016-17 and found that
Recent data reveals a persistent literacy crisis among middle and high school students in the U.S., with nearly three in 10 8th graders lacking basic mastery in reading, according to Education Slice. A RAND report
Iowa’s test scores from the 2022-23 school year show 66% of 3rd graders are proficient in English Language Arts, including literacy. But for students from low-income families and students with disabilities, those percentages are much
2022 marked the nation’s third-hottest summer on record, with several states seeing record-breaking temperatures stretch into September, according to Education Week. Schools across the country—in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, Denver, and San Diego, among others—closed due
Teachers are no more likely than professionals in similar jobs to be absent from work, according to new research that pushes back on the idea that educators frequently skip class, according to Education Week. The
Less than half of eligible U.S. students attended summer school last year, despite robust academic programs, according to a newly released Rand survey of K-12 school districts, as reported in Education Slice. In 2023, 81%
A potential benefit of summer learning programs is to give educators an opportunity to test out new approaches to persistent challenges like family engagement, according to Education Week. That’s what Beth Holland argued in an
The developers of a new climate-centered, open source curriculum focused on land subsidence in California’s Central Valley promise the lessons for 7th graders will be joyful, engaging and rigorous, according to an article in K-12
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