WHY READING LEVELS DON’T TELL THE WHOLE STORY ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S SKILLS

If your child is in elementary school, chances are you’ve seen their “reading level” printed on a report card or mentioned during parent-teacher conferences. These assessments are often treated as benchmarks for progress, but how accurate are they in truly capturing your child’s reading ability? Experts say the answer is complicated. Young boy reading. FREEPIK.COM … Read more

Dead fish at Mueller likely caused by low oxygen levels, city says

KXAN – KXAN viewers continued last week asking about a large number of dead fish they saw in Baraka near the airport and Muller streets. We arrived in Austin on August 8 to find out more. On Monday, we heard from Austin Watershed Protection, or AWP. She said that her workers went to Meller Lake … Read more

Smog levels to increase alongside temperature this week, officials say

The direction of warming that will strike southern California on Tuesday brings some negative air quality with it. The Air Quality Management area on the southern coast said in a press statement that experts expect “a multi -day extreme ozone event” to influence a large part of southern California until Thursday. South Coast AQMD shared … Read more