The butterflies have been gathering for weeks. And now, deep in the pit of her stomach, they are fully aflutter. This is not preschool. This is not kindergarten. The training wheels are off. The days ...

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 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, ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County teacher’s social media post about her new reality in her classroom has been shared thousands of times. Lisa Solomon teaches first grade in Suwanee. On Tuesday, ...

In a suburb just outside of Denver, Principal Sarah Gould stands outside a fifth-grade classroom at Hodgkins Elementary School watching students work. This classroom, she explains, is for students ...