Eighth graders’ scores in U.S. history and civics dropped on the test known as the “Nation’s Report Card”—a decline that brings student achievement in these subjects back down to 1990s levels. The new ...

The Mississippi Board of Education voted to receive public comment on whether to eliminate the state U.S. history test as a high school graduation requirement. Gary Reyes TNS The Mississippi Board of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mississippi high schoolers no longer have to pass a U.S. history test to graduate, the state Board of Education has decided.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Domitrovic is a historian of supply-side economics Last week in high school across the country, the biggest Advanced ...

Happy Women’s History Month. To mark the occasion, as we did during February’s Black History Month, Editor Jeff D'Alessio will recruit community members and other special guests to come up with ...

Mississippi high schoolers no longer have to pass the U.S. history test to graduate. The Mississippi State Board of Education voted Thursday to remove the requirement starting this fall. Department ...