PLANS INCLUDE WALKING TRACKS, ATHLETIC FACILITIES, AND SHARED SPACES. NEW TONIGHT: STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE NOW LOOKING TO MISSISSIPPI FOR ANSWERS ON HOW TO FIX A LITERACY CRISIS. AFTER ...

Children’s advocate Karen Vaites reacts to a new report showing students rarely read full books as reading scores decline nationwide. Trump dials Collins with 'profanity-laced rant' over Venezuela war ...

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy ...

In 2023, Oregon lawmakers passed HB 3198, which created the Early Literacy Success Initiative, an effort to address the state’s dismal reading test scores. The bill aimed to more fully adopt a phonics ...

Stray Kids topped the physical album chart for November with their latest album “DO IT,” which debuted at No. 1. Stray Kids’ “DO IT” held steady at No. 4, and Chuei Li Yu’s solo debut single “SWEET ...

“Lokita” rises to No. 1 after an 11% increase in audience impressions, to 8.2 million, earned in the United States on the Dec. 12-18 tracking week, as reported by Luminate. It sends Feid’s “Se Lo Juro ...

This week, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" takes the record outright, as it posts an unprecedented 20th week on top of the Hot 100. And, given the likelihood of it returning to No. 1 — not just next ...

ATLANTA — Four minutes into Sunday’s 152-150 win over the Atlanta Hawks, the Chicago Bulls were already out of breath. “Man, this game’s a track meet,” assistant coach John Bryant noted as the ...

The number of public school students scoring proficient or better in English Language Arts exams went up by 7.2% this year, according to new data from the exams given to students in grades three ...

DALLAS — Things rarely seem to go well for the Kings in Texas. At least, not lately. Mikko Rantanen, Matt Duchene and Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist each and Casey DeSmith tied a Dallas ...

OpenAI’s latest valuation round pegged the company at roughly $500 billion, making it perhaps the most valuable startup in Silicon Valley and one of the most valuable privately held companies in the ...

Representatives from Hancock County Community Foundation gathered for this photo in 2015 as they kicked off Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Hancock County. Pictured are, front row (from left): ...