Through years of reading research, the education community has a solid understanding of early literacy and the science behind learning to read. Where we collectively lack insight is how to best ...

The Mississippi Department of Education this week released sample questions from a third-grade reading test that will determine the fate of some 38,000 students statewide. The Third-Grade ...

Two students from Independence High School received a perfect score in an "Educator's Rising" competition. This competition is a national, performance-based event where teenagers who aspire to teach ...

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 ...

As Tennessee third graders sit for annual tests this week, lawmakers approved changes to the state’s retention law that could require as many as two-thirds of Tennessee third graders to attend ...