The first major moment in a child’s schooling — what many educators call the "make-or-break" year for literacy — is third grade. By the end of third grade, students are expected to transition from ...

File photo of students at Aycock Elementary in Vance County. A new report from North Carolina education officials shows that students in all grades that are required to take annual state tests have ...

With nearly 60% of California children not meeting state reading standards by the third grade, strong parent-teacher partnerships and a statewide shift toward evidence-based reading strategies are ...

Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

NEW YORK — North Carolina Virtual Academy (NCVA) and 3P Learning announced new results from an online summer learning camp focused on improving reading proficiency among third grade students. More ...

So, what’s being done to help them overcome challenges? At Wayne-Westland Community Schools, it’s finding success stories in helping students soar in reading. Nowadays, Penelope Coyle’s reading ...

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

The “science of reading” is making its way onto more governors’ and state legislators’ priority lists as the 2024 legislative session gets underway. In Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, ...

A bill that would add more testing and support for Tennessee third-graders at risk of being held back this year moved forward on Wednesday. Third grade reading proficiency is widely seen as a ...

Are our brains wired for reading? Can kids learn to read on their own? Here's what the research says and how we can implement it in Utah schools.

One hundred eighty-five pages. That’s the length of Culver City Unified School District’s LCAP — our Local Control Accountability Plan. Graphs, numbers, charts, data. I flip through the pages, ...

More North Carolina first- and second-graders are reading on grade level than just a few years ago, but the latest state data shows little progress for third-graders — the group most closely tied to ...