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 ...

"We have six surgical tests that we need to complete," announced Gidia Santiago, teacher to a group of first-grade surgeons scrubbing in outside the restrooms. The students have been studying human ...

There is arguably no job more important to a 1st grader than that of line leader. The coveted job—whether formally assigned or not—ensures a first-place spot in the line. For many early-elementary ...

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 ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A class of first graders in El Paso have just become authors. First graders at the Herrera Elementary School in the Upper Valley are celebrating an achievement after a ...

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 ...

Amanda Lawson recently had her first-grade class at Edgar Road Elementary School try their hands at writing opinion pieces (and yes, when I was in first grade we were literally reading “See Dick run.