The free speech rights of first graders are at the center of an ongoing legal fight in California. In a March 10 opinion, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lower court's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: What are reasonable expectations for first-graders to manage their own morning routines? I’m finding myself getting really frustrated at the thousandth “put your shoes and jacket on.” I also give ...

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My son was visibly proud to show me off to his class that day, and I was secretly proud to send his classmates home to talk about poop at the dinner table. After reading one of his favorite books to ...

High school seniors at Cambridge Christian School walked first grade students into their first campus chapel service Wednesday morning. The annual tradition pairs older students with young elementary ...