MESQUITE, Tex. — Reading is 9-year-old Kristen Hernandez’s thing. She pores over mystery books, stories about vampires and even a college-level anatomy textbook that her mother is studying to become ...

A growing number of states are promising to hold back students who cannot read by the end of third grade. Two years ago, Ohio passed legislation to put up a barrier to fourth grade for those who ...

The state’s largest school districts are facing serious challenges. According to the report, 28.9 percent of Oklahoma City’s third graders and 32.7 percent of Tulsa’s scored “unsatisfactory.” However, ...

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...