Whether you follow education or not, it’s likely that you heard about the results of the NAEP, nicknamed the nation’s education report card. It’s likely that you heard about the scores because they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In September, The 74 published Robert Pondiscio’s opinion piece discussing how people without strong reading skills lack what it ...

For any successful journey, you need a clear destination and tools to chart your progress. Adjustments along the way are often necessary to stay on course. This is true of America’s journey toward ...

Last week, President Trump did what conservatives have wanted to do since the 1980s: He signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. Although the president will need Congress to ...

In a polarized time, everything tends to become political and reflexively stupid. Combating that requires a lot of things. A big one is reliable, respected facts. Well, when it comes to education, no ...

The pandemic created disastrous academic deficits for U.S. students, especially for young people of color. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.

Los Angeles Unified’s unexpectedly big increase in eighth grade reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress drew praise and skepticism after the release of the scores last month. The ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. The National ...

For the first time in 20 years, “the nation’s report card” is updating how it gauges students’ understanding of science. The National Assessment Governing Board gave final approval to a new framework ...

In this era of extreme partisan divide, there’s very little that unites conservatives and liberals. But both sides have long backed the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is ...

In its final release of results from last year’s exams, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a k a “the Nation’s Report Card,” reveals that 13-year-olds’ understanding of math dropped to ...

In a polarized time, everything tends to become political and reflexively stupid. Combating that requires a lot of things. A big one is reliable, respected facts. Well, when it comes to education, no ...