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Combining a digital intervention with health behavior counseling improved weight trajectories and lowered obesity risk in ...

Viral falsehoods and sham images can influence people’s views and actions about everything from the Super Bowl to elections.

And that’s not unimportant, but certainly by middle school and possibly upper elementary, we should be teaching kids that ...

Millions of children across the United States are currently suffering from a silent epidemic. That epidemic is illiteracy, ...

The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a professional organization with a mission of connecting research and practice to continuously improve the quality of literacy instruction across the ...

A proposal up for vote on Missouri’s general election ballots next month as Amendment 5 could pave the way for a new casino ...

Overall, Chapman earned a four out of four on early literacy, meaning she was "accomplished." Chapman also exceeded her goal for improving graduation rates in the district. The board's goal was to ...

The Columbus school board completed its performance review of Superintendent Angela Chapman's first year on the job, rating ...

There’s a Latin phrase you may have heard of: caveat emptor – meaning literally, “let the buyer beware.” It’s a staple of ...

That's why the district is implementing new plans to actively identify and address literacy ... can break down words and understand their meaning. “We're talking about things like vocabulary ...