This week’s Teacher Feature takes us to Candler County, inside Metter Elementary, where Crystal Ulmer teaches third-grade ...

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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 ...

Third-graders struggling to read won’t necessarily be held back, according to an updated draft literacy policy from the Maryland State Board of Education. The policy initially mandated that students ...

A new Oklahoma bill inspired by Mississippi's success aims to improve literacy by retaining third-graders who fail reading tests and implementing summer academies.