For decades, white students have performed significantly better than Black and Hispanic students on tests of academic achievement. Explanations for these achievement gaps include poverty and systems ...

Many stories also picked up on the fact that achievement gaps are growing, as lower-performing students have fallen further behind. For instance, in eighth grade math, the scores for the top 10% of ...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — In America, we say that everyone is created equal, but when it comes to children, they aren't getting equal opportunities, according to experts. "Here I am, you know, 30-some ...

From a lack of continuity in what's taught across classrooms to schedules that frequently interrupt learning in core subjects ...

The achievement gap is narrowing at local public schools, but white and Asian students continue to outperform other racial groups. African American, Latino and socioeconomically disadvantaged students ...

Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a multi-part series about the Santa Monica-Malibu school district’s achievement gap. Sandra Lyon watched with joy Thursday evening as elementary school ...

Every year, when the National Center for Education Statistics publishes the Nation’s Report Card, it shows black students score well below their white counterparts. For example, in 2019, black ...

A Lynchburg City Schools education advocate, who has spent years investigating the achievement gap among black and white students in LCS and was appointed to a committee to help address it, resigned ...

State officials recommended on Monday that the commonwealth create a timeline for closing the achievement gap between white and minority students. At a special meeting of the Massachusetts Department ...

At this early stage of the school year, excitement fills the air for parents and students who see education as a way to create a brighter future for our young people. Yet for too many of Idaho’s ...

Ah, the achievement gap. So much trouble to fix, so why bother trying? That seems to be the attitude in Washington, where pundits have spent the last several months ripping the current focus on ...