A student reads a book during "center time" in Heather Miller’s classroom. For two hours a day, Miller works with small groups of students to build math and reading skills. AUSTIN, Texas – Most years, ...

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 [email protected]. EVERETT ...

On the first day of school at Hayward’s Park Elementary, the first lesson Lori Suydam gave her first-graders had nothing to do with reading or writing or math. She taught them how to mute themselves ...

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 ...

Stacey Canova and Carly Saal, close friends and fellow teachers, have taught first graders at Haledon Public School for more ...

The Chicago Tribune has a story on the apparently growing use of Twitter in 1st grade classrooms. According the article, some early-grades teachers have their students using the micro-blogging tool, ...

First graders at an Alabama elementary school are being hailed as heroes for taking quick action to help their teacher during a medical emergency. "It was scary for me because I knew that they were ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- This spring, some 13,000 Los Angeles Unified School District first graders are each set to have $50 deposited for free into a savings account established in their name. According ...

Madison Swift, 23, of Lakeview Elementary School in Virginia, praised her students Kolton Hersh, 7, Dereck Contreras-Franco, 6, and Bryson Doss, 6 Lakeview Elementary School A first-grade teacher's ...

Amanda Lawson recently had her first-grade class at Edgar Road Elementary School try their hands at writing opinion pieces (and yes, when I was in first grade we were literally reading “See Dick run.