OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ignite Reading, a Science of Reading-based early literacy intervention program that has provided more than 62 million minutes of personalized instruction ...

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 ...

After teaching preschool for 11 years in the small central Illinois towns of Paris, Bellflower, Saybrook, and Arrowsmith, Carol Bergfield found the classroom where she'd spend the rest of her ...

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, ...

RICHMOND, Va. --In first grade, learning to read is part of students’ daily routines. "I do not like green eggs and ham," read one of the first graders at Anna Julia Cooper School. Inside the four ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—A two-week summer program at Mississippi State can make a long-term difference to students—from kindergarteners and first graders to MSU graduate students. Local kindergarten and ...

One in a series of occasional articles about the grades that provide the building blocks of a child's education. One of the Campbell Elementary School first-graders in Room 154, a determined child ...

Across the country, teachers are navigating the impact of the “science of reading” laws, which mandate using curricula and methods deemed consistent with scientific findings about reading and ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Caddo Parish is drawing a line in the sand -- this school year, what students know may matter more than what they score on tests. Caddo Parish School Board members recently advanced ...

The first major moment in a child’s schooling — what many educators call the "make-or-break" year for literacy — is third grade. By the end of third grade, students are expected to transition from ...