Stats suggest high stakes for one year in particular. A literacy researcher, practitioner, and former school principal weighs ...

OAKVILLE, Mo. – First grade students at Rogers Elementary School have been focusing their lessons on writing skills, increasing their vocabulary, and strengthening their grammar over several months ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WESTFIELD — An independent study shows that a virtual tutoring program inside the city's elementary schools is helping first ...

An estimated 12% of first graders' most-used media at home is educational, a new study suggests. Results also showed that higher use of educational media was associated with both more time spent ...

Education experts have a solid answer. If kindergarten is about transitioning away from the play-based learning of preschool, then first grade is about stepping fully into the world of academics. “The ...

First graders step out of the early childhood phase of life and into a classroom with less emphasis on group play and more focus on learning through reading and listening. At this age, children want ...

First graders are years away from finishing high school and choosing careers. But as a group of 1st grade teachers in a Kentucky district work with their young students on reading, writing, and math, ...

WESTFIELD — An independent study shows that a virtual tutoring program inside the city’s elementary schools is helping first graders learn how to read. “What we’re seeing are better and higher levels ...