The fourth graders in Jeremy Lowe’s class at Atlanta’s Parkside Elementary School are on a tight deadline. They have only five minutes to write a dramatic “warm-up play” with characters, a setting, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Georgia Milestones Assessment System measures student achievement in alignment with the state's educational standards. (Getty ...

First-graders at The Lovett School are reading to therapy dogs as part of the Sit Stay Read program. Therapy dogs provide a calm, non-judgmental environment that helps reduce stress and anxiety.

As students across metro Atlanta are on winter break, many educators are focused on a familiar concern: how to keep kids reading once they leave the classroom. For Dr. Kirk Buis, a former teacher and ...

Dr. Bryan Johnson, the new Atlanta Public Schools superintendent, focused his first 100 days on gathering feedback from parents and teachers. Only 36% of students read at a third-grade level during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reading is one of the most important skills children learn early on. It acts as a foundation for cognitive, language and emotional ...

ATLANTA - The Lovett School, an independent K-12 school in Atlanta, says students are seeing major reading improvements thanks to the help of therapy dogs. What they're saying "Reading out loud is so ...