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Detroit schools seek contract extension with Beyond Basics to improve reading skills

Jul 28, 2023 | Media, Media - RBG3

EPIC IN THE NEWS Detroit schools seek contract extension with Beyond Basics to improve reading skills  DATE: July 28, 2023 Detroit school officials are seeking to extend a contract next year with local tutoring nonprofit Beyond Basics to provide continued help for...

Getting reading legislation right

May 18, 2023 | Media, Media - RBG3, Read by Grade Three

EPIC IN THE NEWS Getting reading legislation right  DATE: May 18, 2023 A new study from researchers at Michigan State University underscores the importance of taking a comprehensive approach to reading legislation. The upshot: Some states that passed early literacy...

Michigan Democrats want to give teachers more say in classroom assignments

May 16, 2023 | Media, Media - RBG3, Read by Grade Three

EPIC IN THE NEWS Michigan Democrats want to give teachers more say in classroom assignments  DATE: May 16, 2023 Michigan Democrats are pushing a union-friendly set of education bills that could give teachers more say in the classes and grades they teach. The...

3rd grade reading retention: Three recent developments

Apr 28, 2023 | Media, Media - RBG3, Read by Grade Three

EPIC IN THE NEWS 3rd grade reading retention: Three recent developments  DATE: April 28, 2023 Researchers at Michigan State University examined the effects of states’ early literacy policies between 2009 to 2018. They found that states that had a retention component...

Michigan’s 3rd grade retention law held back more black and low-income students

Apr 15, 2023 | Media, Media - RBG3, Read by Grade Three

EPIC IN THE NEWS Michigan’s 3rd grade retention law held back more black and low-income students  DATE: April 14, 2023 Michigan’s 3rd grade reading retention policy had inequitable impacts, holding back Black and low-income students disproportionately among students...

Michigan 3rd grade reading law no longer requires students to be held back

Mar 23, 2023 | Media, Media - RBG3, Read by Grade Three

EPIC IN THE NEWS Michigan 3rd grade reading law no longer requires students to be held back  DATE: March 24, 2023 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Friday that strikes from law a requirement to hold back third graders who fail a reading proficiency test....

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