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 ...

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library sends free books in the mail to young children. Leaders at Pittsburgh Public Schools are putting their weight behind improving third-grade reading scores — an ...

Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

Reading scores for Erie third-graders are improving. And that's good news for their future prospects in school and beyond. Third grade is a kind of watershed year in education. Through third grade, ...

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — Indiana’s second and third-graders will face some changes in the 2024-2025 school year after the rollout of the “Every Child Learns to Read” bill July 1. The bill requires ...

For the last five years, Alabama has embarked on an effort to dramatically reshape how it teaches reading to young students. And recently, it appeared to have paid off. Social media posts and news ...