Now, teachers and literacy groups are stepping in. Across Arkansas, schools are focused on reading and making sure students ...

Arkansas students entering the third grade at public schools and open enrollment charter schools this fall will be the first cohort to be retained if they don’t meet literacy expectations, a policy ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The games, ice cream and play rehearsals that 9-year-old Joshua Rowell experienced during summer school this year weren't just for fun. Joshua, like thousands of Ohio third-graders, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Third grade is a defining period in a child's educational development. Many say it's that pivotal academic year when a young student shifts from "learning to read" to "reading to ...

Successes elsewhere and in some FWISD schools show rapid gains are possible, even for students learning English or facing poverty. | Opinion ...

More than 100 third grade students from the Windsor Central School District got a firsthand look at college life Friday during a visit to Binghamton University.

More than 560 third graders who attend the Little Rock School District are at risk of being held back for not reading at grade level, according to preliminary testing data provided by the Arkansas ...