As Illinois rolls out a new law requiring early literacy screenings beginning Jan. 1, some educators question whether it will ...

According to the state of Colorado’s Department of Education, 42 percent of third-graders in our state read proficiently in 2024. The state’s goal is to raise that rate to 60 percent by 2028.

According to the State of Colorado’s Department of Education, 42% of 3rd graders in our state read proficiently in 2024. The ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

StandWithUs marked its 24th anniversary with its annual Festival of Lights (FOL) gala on December 7, 2025, bringing together ...

Garden City’s third grade students at Stratford School and Stewart School recently completed an interdisciplinary unit that connected mathematics with social studies. Throughout the unit, titled ...

In Westerville, Ohio, creativity and a sense of community have found their confluence in the imaginative hands of Emerson Elementary's third graders. Tasked with a social studies project that ...

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox launched a campaign on Wednesday to boost the state’s stubbornly low third grade reading scores by hiring more teaching assistants and holding more students back who don’t read ...

Summer is over and he's gone to seed. Johnny can't read. He never learned nothin' that he'll ever need. --Don Henley It's a standard comment in any debate about public schools, used mostly--probably ...

Illinois lowered its standards in 2025, but over half of third graders still couldn’t read at grade level. It’s a critical milestone. See how your students did. Even under loosened proficiency ...