After overhauling literacy policy in 2013, Mississippi went from 49th to a top 10 state in fourth-grade reading. It’s been dubbed the “Mississippi Miracle,” but those involved say it was more of a ...

The fourth graders in Jeremy Lowe’s class at Atlanta’s Parkside Elementary School are on a tight deadline. They have only five minutes to write a dramatic “warm-up play” with characters, a setting, ...

U.S. 4th grade teachers assign less math homework than their colleagues in other nations but their students get more help with it. These are among the findings of a preliminary research study ...

The widespread effects of a statewide third-grade reading and retention law will be felt again this year standardized Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program tests get underway. This year, ...