A student works on a writing assignment in Heather Miller’s classroom. In classrooms across the country, the first months of school this fall have laid bare what many in education feared: Students are ...

You’ve probably heard the phrase, "Up until third grade, kids are learning to read. After third grade, they are reading to learn." Reading is the building block of all education.

Two weeks into eighth grade, his science teacher quit — and was replaced by a series of subs. “I got away with everything,” recalled the 14-year-old.