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70% of fourth-graders aren’t reading proficiently, report finds—one of several areas where education is failing America’s kids 54e624c7274eb4a0d86c7affce2e69bb

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70% of fourth-graders aren’t reading proficiently, report finds—one of several areas where education is failing America’s kids

admin June 8, 2026

A new report finds education is the worst-performing domain of child well-being, with math and reading scores...

Gen Zers are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates fe51f6358ac596b5112e916eb6d702b0

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Gen Zers are arriving to college unable to even read a sentence—professors warn it could lead to a generation of anxious and lonely graduates

admin June 7, 2026

With Gen Z students struggling to read, academics have been forced to adapt—a move critics describe as...

Bill Nye: Companies say there’s a skills gap. They’re wrong — and students can prove it 3f8e7df87b59c0f8d7bbca0921a335e2

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Bill Nye: Companies say there’s a skills gap. They’re wrong — and students can prove it

admin May 31, 2026

I've spent years judging the world's largest K-12 science competition. What I've seen should make every corporate...

Stop blaming immigration for low U.S. reading scores, top psychologist says. The problem is actually devices giving easy access to social media eefff3e2b370366daeb0f1e7f983288e

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Stop blaming immigration for low U.S. reading scores, top psychologist says. The problem is actually devices giving easy access to social media

admin May 31, 2026

“Social media and other digital media…distracts students in class when they should be learning,” Jean Twenge said.

The Harvard economist behind the Education Scorecard says the ‘Learning Recession’ is more than a COVID problem—it’s at least a decade old d870743e81c453c4b6e0a07f3a2458ce

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The Harvard economist behind the Education Scorecard says the ‘Learning Recession’ is more than a COVID problem—it’s at least a decade old

admin May 28, 2026

Think all the backsliding in U.S. education is the result of remote school, masks and a year...

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admin May 26, 2026

Schools handed kids laptops. Now parents call it a $1.6 billion mistake.