JACKSON, Miss. - Eighty-five percent of Mississippi third graders passed their 2024-2025 reading assessments after the school ...

The latest results of Mississippi’s third-grade reading test show no dramatic declines in student performance. But they show ...

A fourth-grade class received recognition for consistent school attendance. They could vote as a class on their reward: either a homework pass or the ability to bring a stuffed animal ...

Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) released his Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget Recommendation. The governor’s priorities ...

Civil society cannot solve the country’s literacy crisis on its own, because the scale is too vast and the resources required ...

Can Philadelphia become the “fastest improving large, urban school district in the country,” like Superintendent Tony ...

As the dust finally settles around the state budget, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has announced the results of ...

Rushmore Avenue School in the Carle Place School District held its annual Literacy-o-Lantern contest, hosted by the Rushmore ...

Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) takes over directing duties, and while I assume the intention was to broaden the film’s appeal ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Sometimes reading news about advances in technology gives me a thrill. Something like the pleasant chill I felt when I first ...

Lancaster County students fared better on all subjects in Pennsylvania’s two annual standardized assessments than their peers ...