Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...

In this lesson, students will learn about the different elements of poetry. In this lesson, students will learn about the different elements of poetry. They will listen to the book Miguel's Brave ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

In this lesson, students will review sequencing. In this lesson, students will review sequencing. Then they will listen to a read-aloud of the book Who Would Win? Triceratops vs Spinosaurus and ...

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 ...

For the last five years, Alabama has embarked on an effort to dramatically reshape how it teaches reading to young students. And recently, it appeared to have paid off. Social media posts and news ...