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 ...

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 ...

Q: I have a 6½ -year-old first-grade boy in the first few weeks of virtual school. How can I help him with listening and following directions? The teacher will release them with an assignment, and he ...

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 ...

Colorado's new LGBTQ social studies standards, which include first grade lessons on LGBTQ history, transgenderism, and the rainbow flag, is age-inappropriate and pushes a radical agenda, some parents ...

Patillo Higgins is not a household name. Neither is Henry O. Flipper or William P. Hobby. But Texas first graders will have to learn about these Texas historical figures, and dozens more as the state ...