The success of virtual tutoring program being used in Westfield's elementary schools to help first graders learn to read has confirmed independent research that it significantly boosted reading ...

First graders step out of the early childhood phase of life and into a classroom with less emphasis on group play and more focus on learning through reading and listening. At this age, children want ...

OAKVILLE, Mo. – First grade students at Rogers Elementary School have been focusing their lessons on writing skills, increasing their vocabulary, and strengthening their grammar over several months ...

An estimated 12% of first graders' most-used media at home is educational, a new study suggests. Results also showed that higher use of educational media was associated with both more time spent ...

Beads and blocks are replacing work sheets for first graders learning math basics at Bayfield Early Primary School. First grader Alex Larson, son of Kami and Mike Larson, demonstrated his skills for ...

Lufkin Dunbar Primary School teachers and first-grade students take learning outside of the classroom by visiting Ellen Trout Zoo. On the first Wednesday of nearly each month during the school year, ...

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 ...

WESTFIELD — An independent study shows that a virtual tutoring program inside the city’s elementary schools is helping first graders learn how to read. “What we’re seeing are better and higher levels ...