Recent test results show that more than half of Santa Barbara Unified School District elementary students failed to meet ...

Whether you like novels or non-fiction books, reading has many benefits. When you read, you increase both your intellectual ...

The statistics aren’t encouraging: some 82% of Black 4th-grade boys are not proficient in reading, around 70% of public school elementary teachers in the U.S. are white, and a majority of Black boys ...

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To celebrate their successes, we’ve created lists of the top-performing districts, charters and schools statewide. Take a ...