For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don't start in the kindergarten classroom—they happen first in ...

Eager to watch a foundational skills lesson, we enter a kindergarten classroom in a large urban school district in mid-November. The children are sitting cross-legged on the rug at the front of the ...

On a chilly morning at Leonard Flynn Elementary School, first graders played with jump ropes and hula hoops outside while reading tutor Lillie Reynaga set up her materials at a table in the hallway ...

Utah wants 70% of students in kindergarten through 3rd grade to read at their age level, but only about half do. Students in ...

Disney movies tell epic tales of unlikely heroes, grand wishes coming true, and inspiring journeys. Whether the story is about an ambitious princess or a cunning peasant—or somewhere in between—Disney ...

The District 186 Board of Education introduced its choice for superintendent. A formal vote could take place Feb. 2. Superintendent Jennifer Gill is retiring June 30. SPRINGFIELD -- Kate Dabbs was a ...

Yesterday I discussed how in a flash, over roughly 24 hours, the Trump administration began to lose control of the public narrative about ICE and its wilding missions in Minneapolis. The public has ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had urged US President Donald Trump to provide more Patriot missiles and other air defense systems during a meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22 ...

The years leading up to 2025 were marked by a rare optimism that the United States would finally do something about climate change. Former president Joe Biden called the crisis an “enormous ...

After yet another year of high-profile news stories and internet trends, Merriam-Webster has chosen one word to sum up 2025: “slop.” The dictionary publisher defined it as “digital content of low ...

The English language is certainly bizarre in the best way. Some of it is totally run-of-the-mill, and some of it is full of words that only seem to appear in one extremely specific situation. No one ...