School-leavers might be tech-savvy but they are increasingly entering the workplace without basic numerical and literacy skills, employers have warned. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and ...

American classrooms are seeing a decline in reading and math scores, which is a civilizational issue as it is linked to a ...

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Australian students have recorded their worst-ever results in national tests that measure digital literacy, with just 37 per ...

Results from the trial literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education students are in. The tests were sat by 5,000 volunteers across the country, with 92% passing in literacy and 90% in the ...

A recent report highlighted the poor levels of financial literacy among American teens, but are states doing enough to ensure that the next generation have the money skills they are going to need? Not ...

With the onset of the COVID virus, millions of PreK to Grade 5 students across the U.S. may have fallen critically behind in the basic skills they need to become good readers and be successful in ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National ...

The foundation's mission is rooted in the story of Dollar General Co-Founder J.L. Turner. He was the son of a Tennessee farmer and only received a third-grade education. His experience inspired his ...

A new nationwide study has found that children entering first grade in 2013 had significantly better reading skills than similar students had just 12 years earlier. Researchers say this means that in ...