The days when kindergarten focused on playing and finger painting may be waning, as early-learning classrooms devote significantly more attention to preparing students to read, according to a new ...

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, ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County teacher’s social media post about her new reality in her classroom has been shared thousands of times. Lisa Solomon teaches first grade in Suwanee. On Tuesday, ...