Education Week

Is 3rd Grade Retention the Secret to Better Reading Outcomes—Or Something Else?

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 ...
The Hechinger Report

PROOF POINTS: Third graders struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. As the ...

35 new pre-K through third-grade classrooms to be added to Gov. Kay Ivey’s Strong Start, Strong Finish initiative

Gov. Kay Ivey announced 35 new classrooms will join Alabama’s pre-K through third-grade Integrated Approach to Early Learning ...
Kotaku

Third Grade Learning Games

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Third Grade Learning Games 15 fun and educational games to help your child learn 3rd Grade lessons! Teach them multiplication, division, grammar, geometry, ...
CNN

Tennessee aims to tackle pandemic learning loss by making some kids repeat third grade

Harmony Fletcher likes to read and does so every night, but that was not enough to help her pass the English-Language Arts portion of Tennessee’s assessment exam (TCAP) last spring, her mother, ...
EdSource

Learning to read by third grade requires evidence-based instruction, panel says

With nearly 60% of California children not meeting state reading standards by the third grade, strong parent-teacher partnerships and a statewide shift toward evidence-based reading strategies are ...
Republican Herald

Across NEPA, third graders struggle, grow after COVID-19 hampered their learning

In her 23 years teaching Lakeland School District third graders, Josefa Dombrosky has never seen a group of students quite like this. Neither have third-grade teachers across Northeast Pennsylvania ...
The Hechinger Report

Rethinking grade levels and school design for personalized learning

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Editor’s note: ...
Education Week

Third Grade Retention: What Harm Could it Do?

In a comment on my recent post posing Critical Questions about the Common Core, one reader wrote: “I don’t see any harm in requiring all students to be able to recite their multiplication tables from ...
NPR

Learning Curve: Virtually Teaching Indigenous Third Grade Students In Arizona

Lynette Stant teaches third grade in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian community in Arizona. For our Learning Curve series, she shares what a week of virtual learning is like. Throughout the school ...
KQED

Third graders struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged communities and shuttered schools, many educators and parents worried about kindergarteners who were learning online. That concern now appears well-founded as we’re ...