At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A pandemic-related exception to the requirement that students repeat the third grade if they’re not reading proficiently ends with this academic year, and state lawmakers are ...

A frustrated third-grade teacher revealed why she had to come to school on a Saturday — and why her students can’t read books in class — and parents are in utter disbelief. The law, called the ...

New data shows the impact of Indiana's new IREAD retention law that prevents third graders from promoting if they can't pass ...

Two students from Independence High School received a perfect score in an "Educator's Rising" competition. This competition is a national, performance-based event where teenagers who aspire to teach ...

On Jan. 13, Alpine School District sent an email to parents at Foothill, Highland, and Saratoga Shores elementary schools informing them that the 3rd grade Advanced Learning Lab program was canceled.

More than 3,000 Indiana third graders are repeating the grade this school year after failing the state’s IREAD assessment, ...

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...