For most of us, Columbia is such a great place to live and work, still small-town, with plenty of culture, innovation, and education. But beneath its heavily academic veneer lies a stark reality: the ...

A school board candidate forum hosted by Springfield NAACP focused on critical issues in this election cycle — from student achievement to teacher retention — cast through a civil rights lens. The ...

Seventeen-year-old Josh Michael of Ellicott City said he plans to make closing the achievement gap between white and minority students a priority during his term as the newly appointed student member ...

Americas fourth and eighth grade students sliding reading scores worsened in 2024, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which has been dubbed the nations report card. The ...

Two state education boards approved additional metrics Tuesday to improve student achievement, including measures to shrink the achievement gap between student groups, but they didn’t set a timeline ...

Although significant progress has been made, North Carolina still has a long way to go to close the academic achievement gap between minority students and their white peers, according to a new report ...

To be sure, closing the achievement gaps in education — specifically, the ones that separate the poor from the wealthy and the students of color from white students — is no easy feat. There is no ...

The struggle by many of the state’s low income, rural school districts to maintain a quality education for their students was the topic of discussion at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Friday ...

Virginia’s new proficiency standards close the “honesty gap,” giving families a clearer picture of student readiness and achievement.