Heather got emotional while remembering her daughter's life and legacy on the season 24 premiere of American Idol, which ...

SPRING HILL, Fla. — This week’s A+ Teacher leads the science department at Powell Middle School. Ed Carlson teaches eighth grade science and loves finding new ways to help his students connect with ...

An eighth-grade history teacher in Dallas, Texas, says only two of her 110 students can read at grade level, a revelation that’s reigniting fears about literacy and screen culture. Featured Video In a ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Hands-on demonstrations of exciting careers in healthcare, construction, logistics, communications, technology, public service and much more were on display for 760 St. Lucie Public ...

It's rare for a high school to get a player who comes in as a freshman and makes an immediate impact at the varsity level. What's even rarer is when an eighth-grader comes in and takes the state by ...

A class of Russian first-graders stood to attention this fall as a soldier who had served on the front line in Ukraine inspected their military uniforms. “Check your dress!” ordered the serviceman.

A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...

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Last spring, Massachusetts eighth-graders took the state’s first ever civics MCAS exam, finally setting a benchmark for achievement more than six years after the state passed new social studies ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Math and reading scores for 12th graders have reached an over 20-year low according to the Nation's Report Card, but Kentucky and Indiana grade school students are showing signs of ...

Eighth grade students' science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...