Westfield’s first-graders are using virtual learning to read

The success of virtual tutoring program being used in Westfield's elementary schools to help first graders learn to read has ...
Psychology Today

This Is Your Brain on First Grade

Learning to listen in first grade helps develop cognitive skills. Source: iStock/FatCamera Tens of millions of children around the United States are going back to school. For those starting first ...
The Hechinger Report

‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

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 ...
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What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

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 ...

Why it’s key for educators to take action when a 1st grader struggles to read

Legislative audit reviews effectiveness of early literacy programs in Utah’s public schools.
Nature

First school year tapping predicts children's third-grade literacy skills

Rhythmic skills have been repeatedly found to relate to children’s early literacy skills. Using rhythmic tasks to predict language and reading performance seems a promising direction as they can be ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

'From first grade to first job': Foundation surprises first graders, families with promise of ongoing support, college scholarships

Milwaukee developer Barry Mandel stood before the graduating class of kindergarteners and their families at Milwaukee Academy of Science and asked them to close their eyes. "I want you to go ahead and ...
MarketWatch

First grade, first cellphone? Here’s how families are managing kids’ ever-earlier adoption of devices.

When Keri Rodrigues’s eldest son got his first smartphone about six years ago, he was in the minority among the 9-year-olds in his class. But when her youngest child, now age 9, received his phone, he ...