If fewer people are counted, federal funding for schools, which is based on census data and child poverty rates, would shrink, experts say.

The new report runs to 187 pages. In the intervening decade, literacy has risen among elementary special education students and fallen in grades 6 to 12. But overall, by 2024, the number of children ...

Cohen: Survey of D.C.-area high schools shows few assign books to incoming 9th graders to read during vacation. That's a lost opportunity.