I couldn’t help but smile when I read Kate Tuttle’s essay on the children’s novel “The Trumpet of the Swan” (“E.B. White’s ‘Trumpet of the Swan’ deserves to be adored alongside ‘Stuart Little’ and ...

More than half of 3rd- to 5th-grade students in the Empire State failed their reading proficiency state exams this year, according to shocking new data. Preliminary results released this week by the ...

As students return to class, Atlanta Public Schools is launching a new approach aimed at helping more of its youngest students become confident readers. The Accelerated Literacy Model is beginning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Retaining 3rd grade students to raise 4th grade reading test scores is a political ruse. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News ...

A major and final piece of West Virginia lawmakers’ 2023 hallmark education legislation goes into effect this school year when schools are required to retain third graders whose reading and math ...

Third grade retention policies could lead to better student scores, even before any children are held back, a new study suggests. The findings, from researchers at American University and Syracuse ...

Among third graders in the Jacksonville-North Pulaski School District who did not pass a year-end literacy test, almost three-quarters will be promoted to fourth grade anyway due to exemptions. Of the ...

Tennessee's controversial third grade reading and retention law has been in effect since 2023. Here's what years of state testing data, research and experts say about its effectiveness. How well is ...