With American schools facing a literacy crisis, the “Mississippi miracle” has become the poster child for improved reading instruction. But it could just as easily be a cautionary tale because of a ...

Third-graders struggling to read won’t necessarily be held back, according to an updated draft literacy policy from the Maryland State Board of Education. The policy initially mandated that students ...

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 ...