Half of the students in Chambersburg Area School District cannot read by the end of third grade. The district is shifting from "balanced literacy" to "structured literacy," which focuses on phonics. A ...

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 ...

Some Memphis Shelby County Schools parents are raising concerns after learning third graders could be asked to retake part of ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The accountability piece of Gov. Terry Branstad's proposed third-grade literacy reform - identifying ...

Third graders in Maryland who don’t read on grade level by the end of the school year may find themselves repeating the grade. Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting a statewide ...