DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) -- An Eastway Elementary school teacher is using some unconventional means to prepare her third-grade class for statewide end of grade exams. Parker said she wants her ...

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

About 23% of third graders, or nearly 12,000 students, scored below the required reading level last spring. But fewer than 3% were ultimately held back, according to newly provided state data.

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

Third graders at Penns Valley Elementary and Intermediate School are continuing to strengthen their literacy skills and ...

Jessieville School District administrators outlined new third grade promotion and retention requirements under the state's LEARNS Act during the Feb. 9 school board meeting, detailing intervention ...

OR VETO BEFORE SUNDAY’S DEADLINE. WELL, TODAY, HUNDREDS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS ARE LEARNING ABOUT FARM LIFE AND AGRICULTURE FROM HIGH SCHOOL MENTORS. SEEING, HEARING, AND EVEN EXPERIENCING THE ...

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

MSCS's Summer Learning Academy is mandatory for some third-graders based on TCAP scores. Around 3,100 third-graders are enrolled in the summer program, but the number required due to the reading law ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First lady Abby Cox reads a book to the kids as she and Gov. Spencer Cox welcome kids from Polk Elementary in Ogden into the ...