Eighth grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from the National Assessment of Education Progress.

In the global agri-food system, most agricultural goods are produced in the Global South but value is captured by countries of the Global North through growth and control of the post-farmgate sectors.

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed.

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Physicist Albert Einstein famously posited that if he only had an hour to crack a daunting problem, he'd devote 55 minutes to understanding it and only five minutes to crafting a solution. Einstein ...

For more than 13 years, the brutal murders of two Springfield women have remained a mystery. Both cases occurred within a four-month period in late 2006 and although detectives do not believe the ...

The outside world has celebrated the Fever’s surprising run to the WNBA semifinals, which includes overcoming five season-ending injuries to still upset Atlanta and take a game from the Las Vegas Aces ...

Black kids raised in two-parent families still face opportunity gaps so wide that, averaged out, their outcomes are comparable to those of white kids raised by single mothers. That’s what sociologist ...

First, the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act prohibited union control of private-sector pension funds, instead requiring joint administration with employers, who may see little problem investing in companies with ...

The new voice in the room grew up around questions like the big one of the Miami Dolphins offseason. Bobby’s Slowik’s dad, Bob, was a defensive coordinator for four NFL teams. His youngest brother, ...

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