A motion to fix issues with literacy in the public schools by holding back students who aren't proficient readers was the ...

Inspired by Mississippi, more states are holding back third graders who struggle to read. But a new research paper shows that this policy can have harmful long-run consequences for those students.

What sounds great in a bill can lose some of its luster in a law. "Schoolhouse Rocks" never told us that. In 2023, when the Arkansas Legislature passed Gov. Sarah Sanders' signature legislation, known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state Board of Education hears a report on Jasper County School District on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC ...

Good Cause Exemptions are granted for a variety of reasons, according to the Indiana Department of Education. The three main categories for consideration include students in special education, ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Thousands of third graders are at risk of retention due to reading insufficiency, as revealed in a House and Senate Education Committee meeting Tuesday. The new requirement for ...

Students at elementary schools at APS have improved their reading, including students identified in a landmark lawsuit.

More than 50 Minnesota school districts use seclusion rooms for students with disabilities, a practice banned in 21 states.