If kids learned about radon in science class, their teachers would tell them there’s wide agreement on what the radioactive gas is, how it gets into buildings and the harm it can do to someone’s ...
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Iowa Department of Education's response, provided after the article was initially published on Oct. 1, 2025. When a pulmonologist told Gail ...
With its disproportionate focus on exams and its rigidity in moving to computer-based testing, the state is also culpable. Credit: Getty Images. The recent problems with New York’s school testing for ...
A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...
Students are performing worse in reading, mathematics, and science than they did in 2019, with more high school seniors scoring below basic achievement in reading and math than ever before in a ...
A law signed in 2022 requires public schools in Iowa to test and potentially mitigate for radon by 2027. Under state law, child care centers and early education facilities must also test for the ...