MaryLou Ramirez, a fifth grade math teacher at Comal Creek Elementary, was drawn to the profession out of her love for serving others. Ramirez has been a teacher for 11 years. She started off her ...

Tens of thousands of school kids cannot do grade-level work. Quick question: What’s more important to Florida’s future, that our kids can read and write, or that we warehouse undocumented ...

Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles presents the 2025 STAAR results for third through eighth grade. Houston ISD's standardized test scores are improving and on par with statewide averages after ...

Northside Independent School District, San Antonio’s largest with over 100,000 students, showed significant improvements in third-grade math and reading and fifth- and eighth-grade science ...

Though the district fell in fifth grade math, it remained steady with the state. Only fifth and eighth graders take science assessments, and both grades grew both statewide and in Corpus Christi ...

Though the district fell in fifth grade math, it remained steady with the state. Only fifth and eighth graders take science assessments, and both grades grew both statewide and in Corpus Christi ...

Frederick Jenkins, a fifth-grade math teacher and camp instructor, emphasized the importance of the program. “It's an opportunity for them to push past the norm. A lot of lower-income families don’t ...

Taking a step back According to the June 17 TEA news release, students across the state showed growth in reading but didn’t see as much progress in math. About 43% of Texas students met grade ...

Best Math Games for 5th Grade Last updated: July 3, 2025 by Christine Elgersma By fifth grade, many kids are the biggest kids on campus. With a little extra practice, they also can be at the top of ...

Diving in deeper Many of the district’s grade levels saw no change from 2024 to 2025. Areas that saw changes included sixth grade math and third grade reading, which increased by 3 and 4 ...

Four fifth-grade girls in Arizona devised a fiendish plot to kill a male classmate and make it look like a suicide — with one of the students caught smiling and laughing as she made excuses to ...