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 ...

Should kids be held back in third grade if they can’t read? As of this year, 18 states say yes and impose some form of ...

The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...

No one hates a bad teacher more than a good teacher,” Arne Duncan remarked in 2009. No one talks as bluntly about K-12 education as President Barack Obama’s Education Secretary once did. The next ...