Students at elementary schools at APS have improved their reading, including students identified in a landmark lawsuit.

An 8-year-old third grader from Detroit has been accepted into Mensa, the prestigious high-IQ society. A bright third grader from Detroit is making his family and community proud after earning ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Some parents and school board members in Johnson County are working with Representative Timothy Hill (R – District 3) to alter Tennessee’s third-grade retention law and ...

John Crawford is sounding an alarm he fears some parents aren’t heeding: Thousands of third-graders in Arkansas could be forced to repeat the grade next school year. A mixed response “tells me that ...

TOOELE COUNTY, Utah — Utah lawmakers are considering what could be an aggressive move to combat lagging childhood literacy rates across the state. State Sen. Ann Millner has introduced Senate Bill 241 ...

The educators at J.B. Nachman Elementary School knew they had to work fast. Several students at the Alexandria school posted low reading scores last spring, putting them at risk of having to repeat ...

TULSA, Okla. — More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, the debate is back at the State Capitol, driven by ...

Too many of our students are sitting in classrooms struggling to read. There is a reading crisis in Virginia. The data tells us that Virginia’s students are falling behind and do not have the basic ...

The Internet can be a tough field of play, but Mary Crippen has managed to tackle it with ease. After all, the Miami-based third grade teacher has gone viral with her playbook—er, lesson plans—packed ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Education is releasing new data for the 2024-25 IREAD test, specifically how it relates to repeating third grade. The assessment tests whether third graders ...