United Way is seeking more than 1,000 volunteers for this year’s March 6 event to help improve reading skills across our ...

A new provision in the Arkansas LEARNS Act that took effect at the start of the school year will force students to repeat the ...

CASD's plan combines professional development, revamped instructional models, and tools to help more students ready by end of ...

As the school year moves forward, state legislators around the country are increasingly talking about holding students back.

An early literacy bill includes several strategies designed to boost reading skills in K-3 students — including retention.

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" ...

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 ...

Literacy is fundamental in determining a child’s educational success and academic future. And when young students are lacking their “ABC” skills, it’s all but certain they will struggle with other ...

Several students at the Alexandria school posted low reading scores last spring, putting them at risk of having to repeat ...

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading ...

Thousands of third-graders who fall short of Arkansas’ reading standard could be forced to repeat the grade under a rule ...

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 ...