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Racine Unified School District’s (RUSD) goal is to have 75% of students in PreK-3rd grade reach literacy proficiency and to ...
The NYT Strands puzzle for July 8, 2025, has a playful theme, “So extra.” If you’re stuck finding the right words, don’t ...
Lubavitcher Yeshiva celebrated the graduation of its 8th grade talmidim this past week attending by their proud families.
Of the 22 states with readability requirements for ballot measures, only Rhode Island and New York reference a specific reading level, and New York doesn't even have an initiative process.
GREAT FALLS — Knowing how to read is one thing, but knowing how to spell words, even the complicated ones on a big stage, is a whole other ballgame. Luckily, eighth-grade student Logan Lopes is ...
In the ninth round, an eighth grader from Troy's Larson Middle School spelled “ordanance” to win the county’s spelling crown over 80 competitors.
The top 12 spellers in southeast Minnesota faced off on Tuesday, and the eighth-grade winner will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May. Carter Peterson, an ...
A nationwide report found eighth grade Illinois students are ahead of the curve when it comes to reading and math. Here's what to know.
A nationwide report found eighth grade Illinois students are ahead of the curve when it comes to reading and math. Here's what to know.
The average math score for eighth grade students was unchanged from 2022, while reading scores fell 2 points at both grade levels. One-third of eighth grade students scored below “basic” in reading, ...
From Other Nonprofit Media Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t Some places are moving to universal early algebra.