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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Six-year-olds can't really talk to adults about the problems they may experience with mathematics. It is hard for teachers to know for certain who is keeping up and who is lagging, says Prof Elizabeth ...

This fall, about 50,000 Wisconsin public school kids will start first grade. They'll file through hundred-year-old hallways and new builds, meeting teachers just out of college or 40-year veteran ...

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 ...

The Summit Preparatory School will expand its First Grade program by adding a second class to accommodate growing enrollment ...

Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...

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I think we can all agree there are drawbacks to this remote working thing. Don’t get me wrong–after working this way for years, I’m not complaining, but that doesn’t change the fact that it presents ...