Mayor Bloomberg’s bid to end social promotion will force nearly half the third-graders at some elementary schools to attend summer school or face getting held back. Schools Chancellor Joel Kl… ...

Getting past 3rd grade the focus of summer school for 1,800 in PBC. Sonja Isger. sisger@pbpost.com. Eighteen-hundred not-quite fourth-graders in Palm Beach County are spending five hours a day, ...

3rd grade student hosts anti-bullying rally just before summer break Arion King, 8, led assembly at The Gathering Place School . Allysa Cole, ...

However, our third grade has 10 teachers for third grade,” explained Brent Bogan, assistant principal of Walter Hill Elementary School and the site director for the summer camp.

So with summer camp, it allows them to stay on track.” Heather said that her rising 4 th grader, Lyric was required to attend or she was going to be held back. “She does great in school ...

Tennessee families are sacrificing summer plans as third graders who didn't meet TCAP reading ... "It's lazy lawmaking to hold 3rd grade children back based on one test on one day," says ...