Students practice reading using whisper phones during center time in their first grade classroom. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report. Miller’s next group, all of whom were reading far below ...

Kindergarten changed dramatically in just over a decade; as policies continue to shift, so too could practice. For now, it's less pretend time and more reading for the kids at Walker Jones Elementary.

Keep your soon-to-be or leaving 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best 1st ...

A new nationwide study has found that children entering first grade in 2013 had significantly better reading skills than similar students had just 12 years earlier. Researchers say this means that ...

In 1st grade, your child will ... Here's how you can help your first-grader master reading and writing outside of the classroom. ... Encourage your child to practice writing by making lists.

Garensha John, a first-grade teacher at Capital Preparatory Harbor Lower School, helping students with a reading exercise. Given many students’ struggles with reading, the work has taken on “a ...

First grade reading suffers in segregated schools Date: July 29, 2014 Source: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute Summary: A groundbreaking study has found that African-American ...

Preliminary data shows North Carolina’s kindergarten and first-grade students had higher reading proficiency rates than the national average at the end of the 2021-22 school year.