NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The controversial fourth-grade retention law has been updated to give struggling readers more options to move to the next grade level. Previously, the law said if a child ...

GREENFIELD – With enrollment expected to flatline over the next decade, Greenfield-Central school leaders are considering moving fourth-graders back to the district’s elementary schools. No decision ...

Literacy rates have been falling in Milwaukee for over a decade. But there are new leaders, new money and new efforts to fix ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — By now, you've probably heard a lot of talk about Tennessee's controversial third grade retention law. But, a lot of parents didn't realize, there's an obscure fourth grade ...

Ever wondered what this show might sound like if it were run by fourth graders? Well, thanks to NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, you don't have to wonder anymore. In their audio stories, fourth-grade ...

Amid the usual hustle and bustle of shuffling feet and moving buses at the Alvarado Transportation Center on Monday morning was the distinct sounds of shovels digging into dirt and children’s voices.

The fourth graders in Jeremy Lowe’s class at Atlanta’s Parkside Elementary School are on a tight deadline. They only have five minutes to write a dramatic “warm-up play” with characters, a setting, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Department of Education said up to 12,000 fourth graders in Tennessee could be held back if they don’t score well on their TCAP. At Charlotte Park Elementary ...

Roughly 400 to 700 fourth graders within Metro Nashville Public Schools may face being held back for the second time in the span of a year under a Tennessee retention law. Those numbers are based on a ...

COLOMA, Mich. (WSBT) — Fourth graders and veterans finally met face to face after a year-long pen pal connection. It was all a part of a pen pal program to enhance students’ reading and writing skills ...