Ulrike Meyer came out on July 4 to help the effort to put abortion on the November ballot. Republican efforts to effectively kill Arkansans’ ability to propose laws or constitutional amendments ...

MARYLAND — Eighth grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because schools shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Math and reading scores tested ...

Most reading ... explain why eighth-grade NAEP scores plateau even as fourth-grade numbers rise. A recent research brief put the matter succinctly and starkly: “If children do not have adequate ...