The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...

Project 75 is a reading initiative with an ambitious goal: to boost the percentage of third-graders in Jackson who pass the state assessment on the first attempt from 55% to 75%. Cormack presented his ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A group of about 12 second and third graders at Almira Elementary School sit in second-grade teacher Mr. Robert Whidden’s classroom. It’s after school, and since Thanksgiving is a ...

Every third grader in Aiken County can choose a book to take home from their school’s book fair courtesy of Public Education Partners. The Aiken-based nonprofit is naming the program in honor of ...

A third grade reading and retention law took effect for Tennessee public school children in 2023. Students must meet a state reading benchmark or take extra steps to avoid being held back. Three full ...

Third grade students in Amanda Reis' class at Crosby School made a book called "Our Pittsfield Community" and invited Mayor Linda Tyer, Fire Chief Thomas Sammons and Pittsfield Police Chief Michael ...

LANSING — Test scores are on the rise for some of Greater Lansing's largest school districts. A report released earlier this month by the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State ...