Bill Carey is executive director of Tennessee History for Kids. In 2022 I wrote a column about where Tennessee history is taught in the K through 12 public school curriculum. State law and social ...

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 ...

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 ...

Don't mess with the test. That was the message this morning for the Virginia Board of Education, which is considering scrapping the third grade history/social studies assessment that covers material ...