Twenty years ago, cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Spelke took a strong position in an ongoing public debate. "There are no ...

Did you know there are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms in the universe? Seems crazy, but it's true.

While the percentage of Texas students meeting grade-level standards bounced back in reading, that’s still not the case in ...

Free Press columnist Carlos Monarrez breaks down the Detroit Lions’ third-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft, at No. 70 overall. Isaac TeSlaa, Arkansas, receiver, 70 th overall Were there bigger ...

The largest increase in year-over-year performance within HISD was on the sixth-grade math exam, which saw the percentage of students approaching grade level climb by 9% in 2025. Additionally, the ...

Math STAAR scores increased overall by two percentage points across third through eighth grades, with fifth and seventh graders seeing a decline in students who scored on grade level or higher.

About 43% of students met grade-level standards for math, a 2 percentage point increase from the previous year, but still shy of the 50% reached in 2019.

A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below grade level on recent spring reading tests, new state data shows. That’s up from 4,808, or about 9%, of students in 2024.

MSCS improved third-grade reading proficiency by almost 4% between 2023 and 2024. The second week of Memphis-Shelby County Schools ' Summer Learning Academy wraps up June 13.

MSCS's Summer Learning Academy is mandatory for some third-graders based on TCAP scores. Around 3,100 third-graders are enrolled in the summer program, but the number required due to the reading law ...