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 ...

TCAP reading scores will set off a fast-moving timeline for Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back.

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 ...

Glen Acres Elementary School's third-grade students have been named state champions in the NCAA Read to the Final Four ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First lady Abby Cox reads a book to the kids as she and Gov. Spencer Cox welcome kids from Polk Elementary in Ogden into the ...

Around 150 third grade students at Laurentian and North Star Elementary competed against each other in this year's Reading ...

Changes in education policy often emanate from the federal government. But one policy that has spread across the country came not from Washington, D.C., but from Florida. "Mandatory retention" ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Third grade is a defining period in a child's educational development. Many say it's that pivotal academic year when a young student shifts from "learning to read" to "reading to ...

Escambia County third graders who are at risk of being held back will have a chance to be promoted through a new summer reading program.

One education advocate believes in order to solve this problem, it takes time and starts with the school system.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Spencer Cox smiles as his wife Abby Cox reads to children at Kearns Library after a press conference discussing the fiscal ...