Years ago, I coached my 8-year-old son’s basketball team. A few games into the season, a parent berated me for not winning every game. I shared that I had two primary goals (and neither was piling up ...

For students to keep up with the increasingly complex reading called for in many new state standards, teachers have to keep on top of how quickly students grow comfortable with more difficult texts.

U.S. students’ reading scores have plunged further on the test known as the nation’s report card, while math scores have stagnated for 8th graders and ticked up slightly only for 4th ...