It has been a controversial law since its inception, but Angela Hood, Director of the Flint and Genesee Literacy Network is happy at least one portion of the law has been repealed. "So I'm glad that ...

The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

As a little girl, Kassandra Sánchez remembers sitting on the side of street to watch the annual Trenton Puerto Rican Parade go by in her home city. “I don’t think I would have ever thought that I ...