Waynesville school officials are considering making changes in January to the unique approach the district has taken in educating first graders since the beginning of the school year. Due to the ...

Most adults have only hazy memories of the early grades in school. So when parents and grandparents watch their little ones march off to join America's education system, a natural question arises: ...

Author Robert Fulghum famously wrote, “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” But the pandemic meant that many students missed that pivotal school year or experienced a more disrupted ...

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 ...

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 ...