Alabama, for example, passed legislation that required 3rd grade retention in 2019, but decided to delay the enforcement of that policy until the 2023-24 school year.

Of those children in the study who had low levels of general knowledge, 62 percent struggled with science in third grade and 54 percent struggled with science in eighth grade. General knowledge gaps ...

A pile of LEGOS awaits, as members of Runnels School teacher Candice OrtliebÕs third-grade science class prepare to test out a PVC pipe 'shaker' that is designed to sort LEGO building blocks into ...

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Third grade science teacher Susan Barkdoll takes a moment to admire the small snails her student Alani Guzman, 8, collected while working in the school garden at North Verdemont Elementary in San ...