When your fourth-grader complains about homework, it’s not just empty whining. Homework for fourth-graders is more difficult. And there may be more of it. Welcome to higher education, kid. From ...

For the first few years of school, struggling readers can usually get by. The material is simple, the lessons are repeated often, and intensive remedial help is common. But for some of those pupils, ...

Eighty-five percent of poor 4th graders in predominantly low-income schools are failing to reach “proficient” levels in reading on federal tests, according to a new study by a national foundation that ...