After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math

"I think this is an optimistic release," Matthew Soldner, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, told NPR...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5844932/naep-long-term-trends-reading-math

 

US students' reading and math scores at historic lows: 'Devastating trend' - ABC News

"Today's NAEP results confirm a devastating trend: American students are testing at historic lows across all of K-12," McMahon said, adding, "Despite spending billions annually on numerous K-12 programs, the achievement gap is widening, and more high school seniors are performing below the basic benchmark in math and reading than ever before." 

The Department of Education has notably been cutting staff and services under McMahon's leadership, including the researchers who produced the new nation's report card. President Donald Trump has also tasked McMahon with dismantling her department altogether and handing control over education agendas to the states…

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/us-students-reading-math-scores-historic-lows-devastating/story

 

Betsy DeVos defends her terrible '60 Minutes' performance with an equally embarrassing tweet

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is pushing back on one of the major embarrassments in an interview filled with embarrassments: her seeming ignorance about whether Michigan public schools have gotten better since she used her family’s billions to push a privatization agenda. Of course, her pushback takes the form of a whine about the media and some misleading data.....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/3/12/1748461/-Betsy-DeVos-defends-her-terrible-60-Minutes-performance-with-an-equally-embarrassing-tweet