Lawmakers sought to make Michigan a top 10 state for fourth grade reading proficiency. Their initiatives haven't come close to achieving the goal.
SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading tests for younger students — and new supports. Here's everything that would ...
About 23% of Louisiana third graders were at risk of being held back last spring due to low reading scores. But after students received exemptions or improved their scores, fewer than 3% were required ...
Students, parents and education advocates around the state say there's still a host of other needs they hope state lawmakers ...
Multilingual students read and comprehend more when teaching materials are culturally relevant to them, as veteran North Carolina educator Terri Ashchi ...
Rather, hope emerges in the most unlikely of places: three states here in the Deep South that long represented America’s ...
Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana traditionally were America’s educational basement, but now they are showing blue states a ...
Holding students back creates a "ticking clock" that dramatically increases dropout risk without delivering lasting academic gains.
With Arizona third-grade reading scores at a 10-year low of 39 percent proficiency, one teacher found a solution to get her students excited to read.
One first-grade teacher in Marana found a way to get her students excited to ready by giving them books — for free!
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson, former Attorney General Mike Cox, and former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan attended the Michigan Education Association forum.
Blood in the Water marks an impressive middle-grade debut from Tiffany D. Jackson, delivering a sharp, suspenseful myste ...