Green Bay Press-Gazette

What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

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 ...
Education Week

The Case for Reading Tutoring Before 3rd Grade, Not After

Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...
The Times Leader

Northwest Area first graders treated to Reading Is Fundamental program

SHICKSHINNY — Northwest Area first graders experienced the magic of reading during Friday’s Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) program. RIF, a nonprofit that aims to connect children with the joy of reading ...

Kids face a ‘reading recession’ as test scores continue to plummet across the US

Scholars at Harvard, Stanford and Dartmouth analyzed state test scores from third to eighth grade for over 5,000 school ...