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A bipartisan bill making the “science of reading” a priority in some federal literacy grants passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, signaling Congress’ growing interest in a movement ...

This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit — in a 10-5 ruling — said the alleged contamination in Jackson, Miss., did not violate rights protected by the 14th Amendment. “The Constitution does ...

America is facing a literacy emergency that is reshaping the trajectory of an entire generation. National reading scores – long a bellwether for student success – have dropped to historic lows.

Scores from a major international test of 15-year-olds, released on Tuesday, showed a steep decline in United States’ teenagers’ reading abilities—and have already prompted education leaders to ...

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Reading scores in the United States were near their lowest point in 25 years, according to global exam results released Tuesday. American students were outperformed by students in Canada, Singapore ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alarming new data shows U.S. students continue to fall behind their peers in reading as the country's achievement gap widens, ...

Teen Reading Slumps to Worst This Century Due to Surge in Screen Time By Leigh Thomas PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Teenagers more accustomed to smartphones ⁠than ⁠Shakespeare are reading at the worst ...

Students in Singapore and parts of China had the highest scores on the test known as PISA. Scores for American students were near a 25-year low. By Sarah Mervosh The reading scores of American 15-year ...

A federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to clean drinking water in a Sept. 4 decision rejecting Jackson, Mississippi, residents’ lawsuit over the city’s ...