WILKES-BARRE — Jill Avery-Stoss, president of The Institute, said gaps in academic achievement are widely recognized and have complex causes. “They arise from a combination of personal, systemic, and ...

State accountability systems vary in complexity, and while the majority of states have surpassed the requirements of No Child Left Behind, nearly all states will need to make adjustments to comply ...

Alabama education officials gave K-12 public schools a 'C' for the 2016-2017 school year, earning 79 out of 100 available points on the first state report card in more than a decade assigning letter ...

February 12, 2026 - California's Assembly Bill 218 made it possible for childhood abuse victims to sue public agencies up to their 40th birthday or five years after discovering the abuse. After a ...

MONTEREY >> California’s top school officials took an important step this week toward establishing a new system to measure school progress. Unlike the defunct Academic Performance Index, the new ...

Schools meeting the state board’s goal for reducing chronic absenteeism increased by from 1,600 to 1,663 23 schools identified as in need of state support to reduce chronic absenteeism, 21 fewer ...

MARYLAND - The Maryland State Department of Education has released its annual Maryland Report Card Update, which measures performance data for every school in the state. Though each reporting school ...

Considerable attention has been paid to how boys' educational achievements in science and math compare to girls' accomplishments in those areas, often leading to the assumption that boys outperform ...