JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Some parents and school board members in Johnson County are working with Representative Timothy Hill (R – District 3) to alter Tennessee’s third-grade retention law and ...
When a mom discovered her 3rd grader accessed inappropriate content on a school device, she took action. Now Tennessee ...
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.
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 ...
After a bill passed in 2023, Nebraska schools have only been allowed to suspend Pre-K to 2nd grade students if they bring a ...
An early literacy bill includes several strategies designed to boost reading skills in K-3 students — including retention.
Lori Robertson knew the stakes were high. Under a new Louisiana law, the third graders she taught this summer at J.B. Nachman Elementary School in Alexandria would have to pass a reading test or be ...
Thousands of third-graders who fall short of Arkansas’ reading standard could be forced to repeat the grade under a rule ...
DULUTH, Minn.– Over the course of a month, 2nd and 3rd graders at North Shore Community school have been training their ...
Advocates for the law have long argued the point isn’t to hold kids back, but make sure they get the support they need to be ready for fourth grade.
SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading ...
CPSB honors third- through fifth-graders with Sidney A. Murray Jr. Citizenship Awards for contributions and good citizenship; ...