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.

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading ...

Michael Cormack felt like he’d been punched in the stomach. In May, Jackson Public Schools’ deputy superintendent was at his desk in the district’s central office, with the most recent third grade ...