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California
The alarming dip in math proficiency and smaller declines in English in the last two pandemic-disrupted school years hit students who were already behind.
Sept. 9, 2022
2022 California test scores show 84% of Black students and 79% of Latino and low-income students did not meet state math standards.
Oct. 24, 2022
World & Nation
A new Army program gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards.
Aug. 29, 2022
A unanimous Supreme Court strengthened the rights of nearly 7 million schoolchildren with disabilities Wednesday, and did so by rejecting a lower standard set by Judge Neil Gorsuch.
March 22, 2017
Military: Service moves to smooth out the disjointed educational maze faced by soldiers’ uprooted children.
July 5, 2001
Education: Wilson tells commission that is writing new standards to make them demanding and to finish its work soon.
May 29, 1997
California has established standards for what students should learn at every grade level in language arts, mathematics, science and history-social science.
March 21, 1999
Books
I’m delighted to see coverage of Alfie Kohn’s organizing against “teaching to the test” (“Crusader Argues School Reforms Hinder Learning,” Feb. 22).
Feb. 27, 2000
Students from low-income households are not getting the same challenging schoolwork as other children, despite a federal law designed to bridge the learning gap between the haves and have-nots, a civil rights panel contended Monday.
Sept. 15, 1999
Billions of dollars in state and federal pandemic relief have yet to pay academic dividends with K-12 students, although officials remain optimistic.
Oct. 18, 2023