About 23% of third graders, or nearly 12,000 students, scored below the required reading level last spring. But fewer than 3% were ultimately held back, according to newly provided state data.

Several of the area’s smaller schools use multi-age classes. Ridgeway Community School has sections combining second and ...

The lesson for the day had the students reading One Giant Leap, which narrates the Apollo 11 moon landing. Yet two ...

Dana Road Elementary teacher Santana Thigpen, an Educator of the Year nominee, links real-world lessons to students' ...