Cambridge Day

District stakeholders oppose holding back 3rd graders

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

One page at a time | How Arkansas educators push to help 3rd graders avoid retention

Arkansas educators and literacy groups are doing their part to help third graders meet reading requirements ahead of April ...
The Advocate

Thousands of 3rd graders could be held back under LA's new reading law. Here's why many won't be.

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 ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

NWA EDITORIAL | Third-graders face a new yardstick for making it to fourth grade

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 ...
KSL

Should Utah third graders struggling with reading be held back a year?

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 ...
The Morning Journal

Keystone third-graders visit LaGrange Historical Society museum

A group of 125 third-graders from Keystone Elementary School visited the LaGrange Historical Society Oct. 29 for an engaging and hands-on history lesson. The LaGrange Historical Society, which is ...