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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

TUPELO — The final results are out, and third grade students in Tupelo nearly matched the statewide average in reading ability, while third graders in Lee County, Oxford and Lafayette County surpassed ...

Thousands of third-graders who fall short of Arkansas’ reading standard could be forced to repeat the grade under a rule ...

Big literacy gains for Brockton's youngest readers, with third graders leading the charge. Check out the numbers.

An early literacy bill includes several strategies designed to boost reading skills in K-3 students — including retention.

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

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.