A third of high school graduates (or less) are ready for college math and reading, but a majority will enroll in four-year colleges.

Bell-to-bell smartphone bans led to slightly higher test scores and attendance, says a new study.

Twenty percent of high school graduates have trouble reading anything more complex than a restaurant menu.

"Back to basics" won't help Northern schools catch up to Southern Surge states in reading. It takes a lot more.

Two-thirds of Americans don't read well enough to evaluate scientific or medical claims.

Reading and math scores are way down for 12th graders. Only a third are prepared for college success.

Reading scores are rising for elementary students in New York City, Indiana, Louisiana and elsewhere as schools adopt research-backed methods.

Teachers aren't prepared for middle schoolers who can't read very well.

Lowering the definition of "proficient" reading would end the "reading crisis," writes education professor. But one-third of students are very poor readers.

New York spends a lot on schools and doesn't get much for the money.

The SAT, and soon the ACT, are changing to cater to students with short attention spans.

Mississippi should be a role model for the nation in how to teach reading, along with Louisiana, Tennessee and Alabama, but old stereotypes persist.

Parents can send children to school rested and ready to learn, but schools have to do their part too.

Spelling -- linking sounds to letters -- is a key to reading fluency.

Steubenville's families are struggling to make a living -- but their children are excellent readers.

Passing special-ed students along with high grades and a diploma -- but no effective instruction --doesn't do them any favors.

A Denver charter network has trained parents to work as reading tutors.

Schools need to focus on teaching academics rather than trying to end injustice or combat climate change.

Catholic school students are one to two years ahead of public students in reading and math.

Reading scores are still falling on the "nation's report card," while math scores are the same.