Teens’ reading and math scores have stagnated, US test results show

WASHINGTON — Younger students have regained ground academically after the pandemic’s disruptions, while older students’ test scores continue to stagnate, according to the latest testing data released by the federal government. Nine-year-olds rebounded to pre-pandemic reading scores and saw some recovery in math, according to data from a test taken regularly in the U.S. since … Read more

California’s “Diapergate”: Critics got free diaper math wrong, but state won’t release key Baby2Baby records

California’s new Golden State Start diaper program is facing backlash after viral social media posts claimed taxpayers were paying as much as 50 cents per diaper through a partnership with Baby2Baby. The Newsom administration fired back, insisting the actual cost is just 15.5 cents per diaper. But a CBS News California Investigates review of the … Read more

Anderson Cooper on the assassination of his Haitian math teacher Yves Volel

In Port-au-Prince, hidden in a guarded enclave, the orphanage Have Faith Haiti stands as a refuge from the gang violence just outside of its walls that has nearly consumed the country’s capital. “Most of these kids have not left this orphanage for four years because of the security situation in Haiti,” correspondent Anderson Cooper told … Read more