One page at a time | How Arkansas educators push to help 3rd graders avoid retention

Now, teachers and literacy groups are stepping in. Across Arkansas, schools are focused on reading and making sure students ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

NWA EDITORIAL | Third-graders face a new yardstick for making it to fourth grade

What sounds great in a bill can lose some of its luster in a law. "Schoolhouse Rocks" never told us that. In 2023, when the Arkansas Legislature passed Gov. Sarah Sanders' signature legislation, known ...
Indiana Daily Student

More MCCSC 3rd graders held back under new state law

Good Cause Exemptions are granted for a variety of reasons, according to the Indiana Department of Education. The three main categories for consideration include students in special education, ...
KSL

Should Utah third graders struggling with reading be held back a year?

SALT LAKE CITY — Third grade is a defining period in a child's educational development. Many say it's that pivotal academic year when a young student shifts from "learning to read" to "reading to ...
KSBW The Central Coast

Carmel program pairs seniors with third graders for woodworking

DAN AND ERIN, BACK TO YOU. TURNING TO A UNIQUE PROGRAM OUT OF CARMEL PAIRING OLDER GENERATIONS WITH THIRD GRADERS. THE CARMEL FOUNDATION HELD A SPECIAL "WOODWORKING GROUP" AND INVITED OLDER ADULTS TO ...
KULR-8

Bonner Elementary student helps Gianforte declare '3rd Graders Day'

March 3rd, the third day of the third month, is officially “Third Graders Day” in Montana by proclamation of Governor Greg Gianforte.