On July 1, the unpopular Reading Instruction Competence Assessment will be replaced with a performance assessment to ensure teachers are prepared to teach students to read.

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Michael Olenick, a lifelong advocate for children and families, worries that the educational system pits one age group of ...

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What Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian airfields revealed about modern warfare.