English spelling is hard and needs to be taught explicitly, but most American schools fail miserably to teach children to spell. Kids who can't spell often do not read and write with proficiency ...

ALBANY — Less than half of New York students scored at or above grade level in English and math, according to the grade 3-8 assessment results. In English, the results were slightly higher than they ...

This story was updated on Oct. 18 to include comments from districts and on Oct. 25 to describe kindergarten absentee data as including students enrolled in transitional kindergarten. In the second ...