The success of virtual tutoring program being used in Westfield's elementary schools to help first graders learn to read has confirmed independent research that it significantly boosted reading ...

As tracking data on students grow ever more extensive, some Maryland educators are finding that the early-warning signs of a student at risk of dropping out may become visible at the very start of ...

A first grade teacher secretly sewed 22 students real hats based on their own drawings, and the reveal is priceless.

Author Robert Fulghum famously wrote, “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” But the pandemic meant that many students missed that pivotal school year or experienced a more disrupted ...

The education system has changed, but that doesn't necessarily mean we've made progress. In 1979, first graders were expected to achieve a series of old-school milestones in areas that went beyond ...

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 ...

Learning to listen in first grade helps develop cognitive skills. Source: iStock/FatCamera Tens of millions of children around the United States are going back to school. For those starting first ...

A special committee under the presidential National Education Commission (NEC) has proposed excluding first- and second-grade ...

The Great Divide is an investigative team that explores educational inequality in Boston and statewide. Sign up to receive our newsletter, and send ideas and tips to thegreatdivide@globe.com. EVERETT ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Children in Springfield are getting a chance to meet with first responders and others as part of a ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – First graders in Queens have used the power of their words to make a positive change at their school. The young students first convinced their principal, then a city councilman ...