Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...

Illinois lowered its standards in 2025, but over half of third graders still couldn’t read at grade level. It’s a critical ...

Cox’s 2026 agenda to focus on reading interventions and taking tech out of the classroom, as well as homelessness and housing ...

Want to help your third-grader master the basics of 3rd grade math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand what it means to multiply numbers – for example ...

Children’s gross motor skills, which involve whole-body movement, are just about fully developed around this age, although they will continue to be refined over the next few years as your child learns ...

As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

About 3,000 Indiana students are repeating third grade this school year for not meeting the state’s reading proficiency ...

Bentonville School District officials don't expect new requirements outlined in the state's LEARNS Act to hold back many of the district's third-grade students after this academic year.

The Class of 2025 is in third grade. In Oregon public schools and across the country, that means they’re taking required standardized tests for the first time. Oregon set a goal years ago to graduate ...

Michigan’s “Third Grade Guarantee” law is a well-intentioned vow to ensure each child in the state is proficient in reading by the end of third grade, a benchmark experts say is a critical determining ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Reading is a skill set that state educators have closely monitored for decades, but recent state statistics have left parents and educators in Arkansas concerned. "As of 2023, ACT ...

With NFeLementary, viral third grade teacher Mary Crippen has turned football into lesson plans—and now she’s getting assists ...