The NDE's annual report card showed minor increases in proficiency rates, but still less than half of all students were proficient in math and English. There was a significant improvement in ...

Overall, math proficiency rates increased slightly from last year, while reading proficiency rates dipped slightly to 2022 levels. “Most all student groups in math were positives,” Pollio explained.

For the last few years, potential homebuyers have faced a mix of housing market challenges, including elevated mortgage rates, high home prices and low for-sale inventory. After the pandemic ...

The Federal Reserve took the widely expected step Wednesday of announcing its first interest rate cut in years, a move that will have a major impact on the finances of Americans across the board ...

Any coffee lover can appreciate the simplicity of a drip coffee maker — and the joy of waking up to the smell of a freshly brewed pot. But these machines often get a bad rap for coffee quality ...

For the first time since March 2020, the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate last week — and there may be more cuts later this year. Rate cuts can be cause for celebration ...

Mortgage rates have fallen nearly 2% from last year's peak. Much of that decrease can be viewed as the normal phenomenon of longer term rates getting in position for changes in short term rates.

After years of high mortgage rates that left countless would-be homeowners on the sidelines, the tide is finally turning in favor of those looking to enter the housing market. This week ...

So we finally got a rate cut — and a supersized one at that. After the move was announced Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said officials made that decision to keep the US economy ...

The decline in mortgage costs, influenced by expectations of the Federal Reserve’s rate moves, could revive interest in buying, selling and remortgaging, economists said. Source: Freddie Mac By ...

Average 30-year fixed mortgage rates fell again this week to 6.09%, though the move wasn’t directly tied to the Federal Reserve’s rate cut on Wednesday. The average rate dropped 0.11 ...