Before the 113th General Assembly convened last month, revisiting third grade retention topped most lawmakers' list of education priorities this year based on feedback from constituents.

Children in kindergarten when the pandemic broke out in the spring of 2020 are now roughly eight years old and in third grade this 2022-23 school year. A new report by the nonprofit educational ...

WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Third grade students at Windermere Blvd. Elementary got a lesson in persuasive writing through a project with the SPCA of Erie County.

Reading proficiently by the end of third grade is essential to keeping up later, research shows, but a June report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed just a third ...