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CSAT English director resigns over historic low 1st-grade rate

The Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation announced that Director Oh Seung-gul has resigned. The institute stated on the 10th, “Director Oh deeply feels responsibility for causing concern ...
The Hechinger Report

‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...
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Tennessee lawmaker to file bill changing first grade minimum age requirement

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — With the third-grade retention law taking up much of the conversation around education in Tennessee, Rep. Scott Cepicky (R-Culleoka) wanted to act. He’s planning on ...
al.com

Alabama passes ‘first grade readiness’ law, would make some students test to start school

The Alabama legislature passed a long awaited “first-grade readiness” bill Thursday, which would require students who did not complete kindergarten to take a test to enter the first grade. If signed ...