Laura Taylor is an associate professor of educational studies and Laura Kelly is an assistant professor of educational studies at Rhodes College. After being a hot topic during last spring’s ...

The results of a standardized test have set off shockwaves for third graders and their parents over the last week in Tennessee. Statewide, 60% of third graders fell short of a reading proficiency ...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — At just eight years old, Harper Burnett decided to turn her tears over Tennessee’s newly enacted third grade retention law into action. “I’m sad and mad, and I don’t feel ...

After being a hot topic during last spring’s legislative session, the issue of grade retention for elementary students is back in the news. Recently, the Tennessee State Board of Education took the ...