Patricia Nkumanda runs Alex Jayiya Primary School in KwaNobuhle, Gqeberha, with six teachers and 200 pupils. Enrolment has been dropping for years as young parents relocate to other areas, leading to ...
In apartheid-era South Africa’s Northern Cape, a small-town girl named Lorato Trok discovered the magic of literacy not in libraries, which her community of Kuruman lacked entirely, but in the ...
The 2030 Reading Panel released this week lays bare the scale of South Africa’s foundational literacy crisis. The report, in its fifth year, analyses data from the department of basic education’s ...
New national data which was released by the 2030 Reading Panel has indicated that only three out of 10 pupils in Grades 1 to 3 can read at their grade level in their home languages. Pupils in quintile ...
There are a few ways to get out of jury duty. Maybe you have a job you can’t leave, or caregiving responsibilities, or a prohibitively long commute. Or, in the case of an upcoming California trial, ...
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore Orioles third baseman Jordan Westburg has been unable to take part in spring training after a right oblique injury during the offseason, and it was unclear Thursday ...
ALBANY — The city’s Community Police Review Board is again unable to function amid vacancies, absences and the second resignation of a member in a month. The Feb. 12 meeting of the board, which ...
In October, the Washington Post declared the victory of phonics over whole language instruction. California was bowing to reality, joining red states like Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana in ...
University of Houston chemistry professor Judy Wu has received a $1.96 million federal grant to tackle one of chemistry’s most challenging questions: How does light transform the structure, energy and ...