Are our brains wired for reading? Can kids learn to read on their own? Here's what the research says and how we can implement ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Schools are winding down for the summer prompting many families to reflect on the accomplishments over the year. The Foundations School integrates the arts into their ...

Reading scores for Erie third-graders are improving. And that's good news for their future prospects in school and beyond. Third grade is a kind of watershed year in education. Through third grade, ...

Almost all children can learn to read with effective data-driven support, according to Gardner Institute analysis.

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 ...

Poll explores a couple of key education issues expected to be in front of the Utah Legislature: literacy and classroom tech.

More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, ...

Third-grade reading scores dropped this year across Colorado, with several Pikes Peak region districts seeing the largest decline in scores they’ve had in years. Officials from several districts said ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A pandemic-related exception to the requirement that students repeat the third grade if they’re not reading proficiently ends with this academic year, and state lawmakers are ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. After years in which reading scores throughout the state fell short, State ...

The widespread effects of a statewide third-grade reading and retention law are quickly unfolding after parents received the results of the standardized Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program test ...

To learn more about The Alabama Education Lab and receive notifications about stories and events, sign up for its newsletter, Ed Chat. The Alabama Literacy Act, first passed in 2019, will go fully ...