Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

In early literacy, the goal is simple but urgent: Help students become independent readers and writers. Every instructional decision we make either moves them closer to that goal or keeps them ...

Worksheets, when designed thoughtfully, can be a powerful tool for first graders to build math and reading skills with confidence. From measuring everyday objects to practicing addition, these ...

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, ...

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 ...

SHICKSHINNY — Northwest Area first graders experienced the magic of reading during Friday’s Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) program. RIF, a nonprofit that aims to connect children with the joy of reading ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Literacy is fundamental in determining a child's educational success and academic future. And when young students are lacking their "ABC" skills, it's all but certain they will ...

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 ...