New data shows early‑grade reading remains below pre‑pandemic levels, with first‑ and second‑graders lagging as math rises.

Although most of them were still in diapers when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, today’s early elementary students didn’t make it through the global catastrophe unscathed. A new analysis from NWEA, an ...

Young students are still struggling to bounce back academically from the pandemic, even though many were babies at the time.

Now, teachers and literacy groups are stepping in. Across Arkansas, schools are focused on reading and making sure students ...