Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...

In this lesson, students will learn about the different elements of poetry. In this lesson, students will learn about the different elements of poetry. They will listen to the book Miguel's Brave ...

Should kids be held back in third grade if they can’t read? As of this year, 18 states say yes and impose some form of ...

In this lesson, students will review sequencing. In this lesson, students will review sequencing. Then they will listen to a read-aloud of the book Who Would Win? Triceratops vs Spinosaurus and ...

Roughly half of Texas students read below grade level, but when teachers craft lessons to help them, they often rely on instructional materials that aren't rigorous enough. Many teachers use search ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan will no longer require school districts to hold back third graders who score too low on reading tests. In March 2023, the Democrats in control of state government ...

Lori Robertson knew the stakes were high. Under a new Louisiana law, the third graders she taught this summer at J.B. Nachman Elementary School in Alexandria would have to pass a reading test or be ...

Starting the 2019-20 school year, students who are at least a grade level behind in their reading ability by the end of third grade could be held back under a new state law. In preparation, Michigan ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Tuesday that is part of an effort to raise reading scores for young readers in Iowa and to align reading instruction in K-12 schools with the methods ...

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 ...

While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...