When Maycon MacDowel entered Clinton High School in 2007 as a 17-year-old sophomore from Brazil, he could say hello and goodbye in English, but nothing else. As a private third class in the U.S. Army, ...

Learning to read is widely considered the bridge to later academic success. In hopes of ensuring that success, more than a dozen states, including Florida, require students to pass a reading test to ...

An internal report about the results of Project GRAD suggests the program has little-to-no impact on graduation rates, but those with the program dispute those results. The review was conducted by the ...

WASHINGTON -- The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students are still failing to get their diploma in four years, the U.S. Department of ...

The logo stenciled on the walls at North Central High School certainly rings true for Mieri Kahsay. “NC has become my second home,” she said. Born in Eritrea, Africa, Kahsay emigrated to the U.S. when ...