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Tennessee board: Don't wait till 3rd grade to retain poor readers

Help struggling readers starting in kindergarten, says Tennessee's school board in a resolution. If they need more time to...

Joanne Jacobs

Only 1.2% to repeat 3rd grade due to Tennessee 'reading gate'

Sixty percent of Tennessee third graders faced the prospect of repeating the grade, but only 1.2 percent failed to get past the "reading...

Joanne Jacobs

Start college in 9th grade, says community college chancellor

All California high school students should be enrolled in community college courses, by default, starting in ninth grade, says Sonya...

Joanne Jacobs

Good news in Tennessee

Tennessee's focus on tutoring and summer school is paying off, report Marta W. Aldrich and Kae Petrin on Chalkbeat. Scores are up for the...

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Summer school is open, but will students who need it most show up?

This will be the last year of Covid-funded summer school before the pandemic relief money runs out, writes Jo Napolitano on The 74. Some...

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No sex shows for kids in Texas: Why is this controversial?

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign a bill that would ban staging "sexually explicit shows in front of children," reports William...

Joanne Jacobs

It's summer school or else for would-be fourth graders in Tennessee

Thousands of Tennessee children will be going to summer school -- or repeating third grade, reports Chalkbeat's Marta W. Aldrich. Sixty...

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More young people are skipping college: Is that a crisis?

A good student at a good high school, Grayson Hart "believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life," until...

Joanne Jacobs

Teaching reading in high school

Memphis high schools are teaching reading skills to teenagers who didn't learn to read well in the early grades, reports Sarah Mervosh in...