Here's the secret behind Mississippi’s education miracle — and why it’s no accident

Mississippi's education turnaround involved more than phonics, requiring statewide screeners, intensive remediation programs ...

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy

Besides, America recently ran a very large natural experiment in dropping money on schools that, in a word, failed. During ...

‘I feel like a spy.’ In Mike Miles’ HISD, teachers and students say reading books is a secret plot

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly ...

Manchester school officials reconsider summer literacy program for early grades after low attendance

Despite the low turnout in the summer program, Radikas said students who participated showed measurable improvements. Between ...

Educator profile: Michaela Main brings a new meaning to music

This article is part of a continuing series profiling local educators. ANDERSON — Michaela Main’s classroom at Anderson Preparatory Academy Elementary School is a space for lessons beyond those found ...
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Support for Kentucky Pre-K for All initiative is growing

Team Kentucky has held more than 40 outreach events and numerous town halls across the state over the past several months.
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Candidates split on future of NYC’s gifted and talented program

NYC mayoral candidates debate the future of the gifted and talented program, with expansion and elimination on the table.

Test scores jump in San Diego, across state, but students still catching up post-pandemic

The Smarter Balanced standardized test results show increases for almost every student group and every grade, in every ...
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Fernando Garcia-Franceschini

Fernando joined WAVE News in October 2024 as a multimedia journalist. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Fernando graduated from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón with a bachelor's degree in Journalism ...