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Year 8 pupils in England will have to sit reading tests at school under government plans due to be released this autumn, the BBC understands.The mandatory…

Pupils at state schools in England will face new reading tests in an attempt to tackle under-achievement by white working-class children.The government’s forthcoming white paper on…

The average reading and math scores of American high school seniors fell to their lowest levels in two decades in 2024, according to new national data…

New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, show eighth-graders’ science scores have fallen 4 points…

This story was reported by and originally published by APM Reports in connection with its podcast Sold a Story: How Teach Kids to Read Went So Wrong. The Zoom…

The amount of Americans who read for pleasure has fallen by 40%, according to a new study.Researchers at the University of Florida and University College London…

What Books Scientific American Read in JulyCheck out Scientific American’s fiction and nonfiction book recommendations for JulyBy Brianne Kane edited by Andrea Gawrylewski Fernando Trabanco Fotografía/Getty…

Student life is hard. Making new friends is hard. Writing essays is hard. Admin is hard. Budgeting is hard. Finding out what trousers exist in the…

John Harris confuses Virginia Woolf’s admittedly vicious diary entry about disabled people with her firmly held beliefs in referring to her “grim ideas” and associating her…

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