PS 44 launches unique literacy program where children practice reading skills while helping calm shelter dogs through a phone ...

"Retaining students in the third grade based on their score on a multiple-choice reading test is as - if not more - dangerous than the practice of social promotion," Dodd said. "Our goal is more than ...

LIMA — Thirty-six percent of third-graders at Lima schools earned proficient reading scores on their state English language arts assessment last school year. Almost the entire class advanced to the ...

A new provision in the Arkansas LEARNS Act that took effect at the start of the school year will force students to repeat the ...

Advocates for the law have long argued the point isn’t to hold kids back, but make sure they get the support they need to be ready for fourth grade.