Skeptics voice worry about punitive measures for school districts and an emphasis on holding struggling students back.

Today’s optical illusion challenges viewers to spot the lone "987" hidden among a sea of "786s" within 5 seconds. This brain teaser tests your observation skills and cognitive sharpness. Optical ...

The pandemic had a lasting impact on students, but the gap between high- and low-NAEP performers appears to have started about a decade ago.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom issues one of his periodic boasts about California’s superiority vis-a-vis other states — particularly ...

One of state’s starkest letdowns is consistently poor elementary and middle school test scores in basic educational skills ...

California's education system faces persistent challenges in improving student performance in reading and math.

One elementary school teacher investigates what's happening and finds that the boys crisis might not be what we think.

One of state’s starkest letdowns is consistently poor elementary and middle school test scores in basic educational skills ...

It’s fiction day with a richly layered coming-of-age story set in Iowa farm country in the months before the attack on Pearl ...