The butterflies have been gathering for weeks. And now, deep in the pit of her stomach, they are fully aflutter. This is not preschool. This is not kindergarten. The training wheels are off. The days ...

Education experts have a solid answer. If kindergarten is about transitioning away from the play-based learning of preschool, then first grade is about stepping fully into the world of academics. “The ...

First graders are years away from finishing high school and choosing careers. But as a group of 1st grade teachers in a Kentucky district work with their young students on reading, writing, and math, ...

For this package, Disney Interactive bundled its Learning Adventure: Search for the Secret Keys and Disney/Pixar's Buzz 2nd Grade (reviewed in After Hours, September 3) with an all-new title, The ...

Literacy goes far beyond the ability to read and write. Literacy arms us with the tools we need to adequately express ourselves, which is why getting quality reading and writing materials is so ...

In a suburb just outside of Denver, Principal Sarah Gould stands outside a fifth-grade classroom at Hodgkins Elementary School watching students work. This classroom, she explains, is for students ...