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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Arkansas third graders face retention risk under new reading standards, sparking debate

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Thousands of third graders are at risk of retention due to reading insufficiency, as revealed in a House and Senate Education Committee meeting Tuesday. The new requirement for ...