"When it comes to the most foundational skill required for full participation in civic and economic life — the ability to ...

Five years ago, the Bethlehem Area School District laid out a bold goal -- it wanted to have all of its students reading on grade level by third grade -- and set out to make that happen. The district ...

EdSource · How a charter school serving adults became embroiled in scandal and sparked calls for reform State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond’s announced a new effort last week to ...

LANSING, Mich. — Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Friday repealing a law that required third grade students to be held back if they had low reading scores. The so-called Read by Grade Three Law ...

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 ...

Carson City School District’s literacy plan to improve early reading interventions for kindergarteners through third graders is working well, but professional learning for teachers to keep fourth and ...

The first bill a lawmaker introduces usually indicates where that person’s priorities lie. For Sen. Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, that’s fixing Michigan’s grade three reading law which requires schools ...

Virginia has made reading by third grade a priority. Now it is time to make it a top priority. Our state has one of the most ...

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – School district leaders in the greater Fort Wayne area are reacting to a state bill that focuses on making sure students can read proficiently by the end of 3rd grade.

More than three full school years into Michigan's controversial Read by Grade Three law, 52% of Michigan's third-grade students had a "reading deficiency" between first and third grade and the rates ...

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 ...

Correction: This original version of this column misnamed the state agency that will inform parents whose children are subject to retention. It is the state Center for Educational Performance and ...