Mayor Adams cast the upswing as evidence of efforts to improve instruction, while rivals in the mayoral race argued that teachers need better training. By Troy Closson Reading test scores climbed ...

Philadelphia spent $25 million overhauling its reading curriculum. But after the first year of implementation, its reading scores on Pennsylvania state tests are going in the wrong direction.

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...