She doesn’t know it yet, but the cubby space Hanna shares with 6-year-old Chris is a lesson that will follow her through life. For now though, it’s nothing more than a place where she stores her ...

A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled against a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by parents who allege their children's first-grade teacher violated district policy, state law and the Constitution by ...

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email. Colorado’s new LGBTQ social studies standards, which include first grade lessons on LGBTQ ...

Cara Buckley, a Climate reporter for The New York Times, visited an elementary school in Lawrenceville, N.J., where students are encouraged to talk about complex environmental issues. By Josh Ocampo ...

My son was visibly proud to show me off to his class that day, and I was secretly proud to send his classmates home to talk about poop at the dinner table. After reading one of his favorite books to ...

A Republican state senator in New Jersey sounded the alarm Monday on the state’s proposal to teach gender identity in schools starting in first grade, warning the education system has lost its way.

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 ...

First grade students at Barr and Taft elementary schools have been taking swim lessons during school at the YMCA. Through a generous donation, the YMCA of Central Stark County was able to partner with ...

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 ...

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 ...