Keep your soon-to-be or leaving 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best 1st grade books for summer reading. I’ve curated a list of 1st grade books for ...

A Wisconsin school district said no to 1st-graders singing a song about acceptance at their spring concert. School administrators in Wisconsin found the song to be too controversial, The Los Angeles ...

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 ...

Madison Swift, 23, of Lakeview Elementary School in Virginia, praised her students Kolton Hersh, 7, Dereck Contreras-Franco, 6, and Bryson Doss, 6 Lakeview Elementary School A first-grade teacher's ...

State lawmakers are once again attempting to make kindergarten mandatory. But this time, they’re allowing more choice for parents about where their kids attend kindergarten. Assembly Bill 2226, ...

JEFFERSON — First graders learning the basics of agriculture didn’t seem to mind when part of that education included drinking milkshakes at 9:30 in the morning. The milkshakes were just one way of ...

(Gray News) – A first grade teacher recently set up a mock Southwest plane in her classroom for her students to “fly” to Mexico. She created pretend passports for each student to make the experience ...

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 ...