As poverty rates rise, reading proficiency rates tend to fall. But poverty is not destiny, and some schools and districts hugely outperform what might be expected of them based solely on which ...

New analysis compares literacy vs. poverty rates for 10,000 districts, 42,000 schools and 3 million kids. Is your school a ...

Chaos Required, an adventure racing team with members in Andover and Reading, thrives on maps, mud and miles. And, you might add, misery. Misery looms from trekking, biking and paddling hundreds of ...

Photograph of 74-kiloton nuclear bomb test Hood, conducted in 1957 at an altitude of 1,500 feet. Hood was the highest-yield atmospheric test to be conducted at the site, according to page 54 of the ...

Getting a strong Wi-Fi signal in every corner of your home is not always easy. Sometimes, you notice slow speeds or dropped connections in certain rooms, and it can be tough to figure out why. Testing ...

Massachusetts House leaders plan to pass a bill this week that that would require school curriculums and teacher training be ...

Some advocates and parents are worried the state's new literacy laws won't be enough to move districts not already embracing ...

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Study finds math is more impacted by higher temperatures than reading – especially for students in high-poverty schools PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 23, 2025 ...

Republican state senators in North Carolina approved redrawing the state’s congressional map Tuesday in hopes of gaining another U.S. House seat, heeding President Donald Trump’s request to help ...

Update for 8:42p.m. ET: SpaceX successfully launched its Starship Flight 11 rocket into space, with its Super Heavy booster making a planned - and controlled - splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The ...

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