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Reading time on Kindle can be tracked through the Kindle Reading Insights program. Besides reading time, it also offers other insights about your overall reading habits, including the total read books ...

With little post-pandemic recovery, experts wonder if screen time and school absence are among the causes. By Dana Goldstein In the latest release of federal test scores, educators had hoped to see ...

Alabama’s reading scores are improving, but students’ results vary widely between schools and districts. AL.com analyzed the latest 2025 spring reading scores for third- and second-grade students. In ...

The pandemic has smacked American students back to the last century in math and reading achievement, according to the tests known as the Nation’s Report Card. Results for students who took the test in ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...