WASHINGTON (AP) — Younger students have regained ground academically after the pandemic's disruptions while older students' test scores continue to stagnate, according to the latest testing data ...

Amid a national push to reduce screen time in schools, elementary and middle school students report less of their free time is spent reading. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

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For the first time, a blood test has been added to the list of the American Cancer Society’s recommended screenings for colorectal cancer. It’s not meant to replace colonoscopies, aiming instead at ...

Artificial intelligence has become a fact of life in the U.S., with people increasingly using it at work, school and home. Growing demand for this transformative technology means more data centers ...

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Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...

Modesto, Calif. — Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a "pre-celebration" ...

The drops go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows. By Claire Cain Miller Francesca Paris and Sarah Mervosh Something troubling is happening in U.S.

American math and reading test scores have fallen in the last decade, according to data released Wednesday by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford. Read more about why that’s happening.

The nation’s students face a deepening reading crisis, with most states showing minimal progress in recent years, a new study shows. Los Angeles Unified, Compton and Modesto school districts have ...

The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession" that began years ...