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We Make Indiana is teaming up with Tutor-ND and more than 20 local organizations to recruit 100 tutors to assist struggling students.

A new initiative, spearheaded by We Make Indiana, aims to address the third-grade reading crisis in South Bend.

Republican leaders said before the start of session they wanted it to be a quiet one, focused on small tweaks to existing policies. Yet some of their priorities were anything but — including a measure that will hold back thousands of third grade students and legislation involving one of the most controversial geopolitical conflicts in memory.

A controversial bill that would hold back some students who fail the state’s reading proficiency exam is nearing the governor’s desk.

According to Michigan State University's Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, 5.8% of third graders were eligible to be retained based on their spring reading test scores.

Nearly 82 percent of Indiana’s third graders passed the required reading exam in 2022 -- a tiny improvement for students but below the rate before the pandemic.

Most Hoosier third graders are on track with their reading skills according to newly released testing data. But results for Indiana's third grade literacy…

Scores from the so-called nation’s report card – also known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress – were released this week, and test…