The number of Michigan K-12 students held back a grade ticked up slightly for the first time last fall in a five-year period, according to the latest state data. Michigan’s Center for Education ...

One-third of women (35%) feel like they’ve been held back in life, simply because they’re a woman, according to new research. Perhaps due to their willingness to do everything from work to wellness ...

Good Cause Exemptions are granted for a variety of reasons, according to the Indiana Department of Education. The three main categories for consideration include students in special education, ...

The educators at J.B. Nachman Elementary School knew they had to work fast. Several students at the Alexandria school posted low reading scores last spring, putting them at risk of having to repeat ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Roughly 3,000 Hoosier students are repeating third grade this school year, due to the state’s ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Like other school districts in Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville is expecting to hold back some third-grade students next year due to reading performance issues as required under the ...