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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WESTFIELD — An independent study shows that a virtual tutoring program inside the city’s elementary schools is helping first ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – 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 ...

If you are a parent who has found your elementary school-aged children’s homework to be difficult, you are not alone! Nowadays, it seems like children, who cannot even tie their own shoes, are ...

In 2021, a California elementary school punished a first-grader with an indefinite ban on drawing pictures at school and two weeks without recess. The offense: Creating an innocent sketch for a ...

At U.S. President Donald Trump's request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back US$1.1 billion it had previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That measure, which passed in ...

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 ...

The free speech rights of first graders are at the center of an ongoing legal fight in California. In a March 10 opinion, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lower court's ...

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 ...