The Florence Area Literacy Council held its Grown-Up Spelling Bee fundraiser Nov. 12 at the Staybridge Suites in Florence.

The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a professional organization with a mission of connecting research and practice to continuously improve the quality of literacy instruction across the ...

So we want to close those gaps. We expect all of our kiddos to know how to read and comprehend by the time they leave third grade or as they progress on,” said Dr. Tenette Smith, the executive ...

This week, a new Maryland education policy was passed that allows third graders performing poorly ... to No. 41 in the country regarding fourth-grade literacy scores in the National Assessment ...

When Heather Perry asked her third grade class at Warren T. Jackson Elementary last week what they love about her literacy lessons, a sprinkling of hands shot up into the air. One student noted the ...

(WAFF)— Education leaders in Alabama say they’re looking to continue the recent trend of more third graders reading ... score can participate in a summer reading camp and retake the test to move on to ...

The Maryland State Board of Education gave final approval Tuesday to a controversial literacy policy that calls for holding back third grade students who aren’t meeting reading standards ...

A new literacy policy will allow third grade students in Maryland to be held back if they don’t show adequate reading proficiency. After considering three different versions, the Maryland State ...

The prekindergarten-through-third-grade policy comes on the heels of a resolution implemented by Wright requiring all districts teach students to read using “the science of reading,” a ...

In a couple years, Maryland schools will teach kids to read using brain science, find struggling readers early, and make individual plans to get them caught up by the end of third grade. That’s ...