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 ...

Want to help your third-grader master the basics of 3rd grade math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand what it means to multiply numbers – for example ...

As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

Children’s gross motor skills, which involve whole-body movement, are just about fully developed around this age, although they will continue to be refined over the next few years as your child learns ...

A literacy summit organized by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office hinted at a reconsideration of Republicans' school ...

Virginia has made reading by third grade a priority. Now it is time to make it a top priority. Our state has one of the most ...

RIDGETOP, Tenn. (WTVF) — Third grade students could be back in the classroom sooner than expected as thousands of Tennessee families navigate the controversial Third Grade Retention Law. Because of ...

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The Class of 2025 is in third grade. In Oregon public schools and across the country, that means they’re taking required standardized tests for the first time. Oregon set a goal years ago to graduate ...

These high school kids are getting a ‘bear’ bones education. Juniors taking American literature at highly rated Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn were tasked with a series of rudimentary ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Reading is a skill set that state educators have closely monitored for decades, but recent state statistics have left parents and educators in Arkansas concerned. "As of 2023, ACT ...

As Tennessee third graders sit for annual tests this week, lawmakers approved changes to the state’s retention law that could require as many as two-thirds of Tennessee third graders to attend ...