Math, meals, period products and book challenges: What's in the budget for K-12 education

The budget, unveiled Tuesday by lawmakers, includes everything from math education improvements to banning "meals of shame" ...

California may soon test children on math as early as kindergarten in effort to curb dismal scores

A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort ...

What does it mean to test a kindergartner in math?

A proposed bill would require schools to test children in math as early as kindergarten to catch math difficulties. Lawmakers ...
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‘Pony up’

“Supreme Court expands Trump’s power to fire agency heads at will,” The Philadelphia Inquirer says on Tuesday’s front page. Ruling “overturns precedent of 90 years,” the Miami Herald says. “Justices ...