Hoping to help your fourth-grader with reading and writing skills? Here are some basic tips that experts suggest for any fourth-grader. Encourage your child to learn to make a good argument. If your ...

She grew up to be a bestselling author, despite her test scores. Now, she's pointing out how formal education gets things wrong. Author and literary agent Alexandra Penfold can speak firsthand on how ...

The numbers for the state's fourth-grade writing tests should be out, but they are not because there is a problem with the scores. State school leaders held up grading of tests to check reliability of ...