Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from JumpStart 1st Grade Reading JumpStart 1st Grade Reading, later released as JumpStart Reading for First Graders, is a game released in 1997 that focuses on ...

"The puppies don't care if you get stuck on a word. They're just happy to sit in your lap. So much confidence has come from this program," Brooke Hughes said Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE.

Local author and publisher Nicole Magistro has made it her mission to introduce kids to the world of possibilities found in books. From her inaugural children’s book, “Read Island,” to a publishing ...

Natasha Davis has always encouraged her daughters to read. So she was delighted when Nilah, a third grader at King Elementary ...

A third grade reading and retention law took effect for Tennessee public school children in 2023. Students must meet a state reading benchmark or take extra steps to avoid being held back. Three full ...

The release of TCAP reading scores on May 19 set off a fast-moving timeline for thousands of Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back. A state reading and retention law hinges on third grade ...

Project 75 is a reading initiative with an ambitious goal: to boost the percentage of third-graders in Jackson who pass the state assessment on the first attempt from 55% to 75%. Cormack presented his ...

About 5.6% of Michigan's third graders were eligible to be held back this school year due to low reading scores, according to a report from Michigan State University’s Education Policy Innovation ...

Nine percent of Alabama’s third graders could be held back after testing below grade level for reading, State Schools Superintendent Eric Mackey said in a Thursday afternoon press call with reporters.