States across the country are now looking to Mississippi for answers as they work to address ongoing literacy ...

Project 75 is a reading initiative with an ambitious goal: to boost the percentage of third-graders in Jackson who pass the state assessment on the first attempt from 55% to 75%. Cormack presented his ...

Georgia education officials are studying Mississippi’s dramatic literacy transformation as 70$ of the Peach State’s ...

The governor addressed a few hundred educators Monday during the state's first literacy summit, calling the subject her No. 1 ...

Students all over the country lost ground during the pandemic, with remote learning especially hard for young kids. Experts say other challenges to students’ reading achievement include too much use ...

The states seeing the greatest gains academically are also the ones doing the most to bring order and stability to their ...

Valley View Intermediate fourth-grade teacher Erin Eastman has been named K8 News December Teacher of the Month, recognized ...

I’ve taken you down this twisted memory lane tale to say reading books (whether pages or on a screen) is an awesome gift to give a young person, and not just at the holidays. This is an everyday ...

Hot Springs School District leaders told the school board Tuesday they have ramped up classroom support, parent communication ...

This Christmas Wish story is the fourth part of a six-part series that highlights those who are served by United Way of ...

After Mississippi students climbed from 49th to ninth nationally in literacy, some Oklahoma lawmakers want to replicate Mississippi's strategy.