Over 26% of Texas students in grade 4 and 21% in grade 8 were in the English learner category. By comparison, in Massachusetts (a top scoring reading state), only 13% of fourth graders and 7% of ...

Such global uncertainty might explain the timing of the recent downgrade of the sovereign rating of Brazil to below investment grade. And in August, emerging markets saw outflows of some $40 billion ...

The magazines were honored as part of the National Council of Teachers of English's REALM (Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines) contest.

Brazil moved closer to a coveted investment-grade rating in May as both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch upgraded the sovereign to BB+ from BB. The rating puts it just one notch below investment grade and ...