Nearly a quarter of third graders did not pass the state’s reading test on their first try. Many are now in summer school, ...

Florida is credited with starting the wave of third-grade reading laws in 2003, although Mississippi’s law, which passed in 2013, has attracted more attention recently due to the state’s dramatic ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below ...

All hands were on deck at the PATH School at Stephen Foster School 67 on Monday. In Destiny Patterson's room, students used context clues to find out the meaning of the word "pliable." Down the hall, ...

Starting in the 2025-2025 school year, third, fourth and fifth grade students will be instructed to read and write cursive.

In this week’s episode, we share some good news from the region: our states are leading the way on third-grade reading skills, a vital benchmark that can be a positive sign for future success in ...

State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, results were released by the Texas Education Agency on June 17.

Tomball ISD and Magnolia ISDs outperformed the state in all categories for the spring 2025 State of Texas Assessments of ...

Some Alabama school districts made big gains on the state’s third grade reading test, even as expectations grew tougher, but local districts generally saw a slight drop in the percentage ...

Your story on state legislators breaking into tears offered insight into the traumas experienced by several of our lawmakers, ...