Test scores show students struggling to shake pandemic-era lows : NPR
the nation's third- through eighth-graders are still mired in a pandemic-era slump, according to new testing data. In math, the news is only a little more heartening: Student achievement in those grades either held steady or improved slightly, though all grades remain behind performance levels of same-grade students in 2019.
Trump lays off employees in department funding special education : NPR
Federal workers stress over finances as shutdown drags on : NPR
Trump says Pentagon has 'identified funds' to pay military during shutdown : NPR
U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country : NPR
The U.S. has now confirmed 1,563 cases this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the highest annual number in more than three decades.
