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.

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading ...

Several students at the Alexandria school posted low reading scores last spring, putting them at risk of having to repeat ...

In early reading, first graders who are behind have an 88 percent chance of still being behind in fourth grade--rigor and ...

Salem-Keizer School District leaders took the unusual step of canceling school for most of the week for the lessons.

Angela West has spent three years of her 19-year teaching career at Westview Elementary School, where she teaches the fifth ...

Rather, hope emerges in the most unlikely of places: three states here in the Deep South that long represented America’s ...

Under the leadership of Education Secretary Sonny Angara, the Department of Education rolled out the Bawat Bata Makababasa Program (BBMP), which an independent evaluation found to have led to improved ...

Ten years after the "Mississippi Miracle," some senators say it's time for the legislature to focus on progress in elementary ...

Two Fort Worth ISD elementary schools have been recognized for their academic success. These principals share the driving ...

When Texas approved a new reading curriculum that features Bible stories in 2024, education Commissioner Mike Morath told districts they could adopt it, reject it or even adapt it to their own local ...

What I see is schools fighting for their students. These states have created a structure that closely monitors each school’s performance and incentivizes principals and teachers alike to do ...