After teaching preschool for 11 years in the small central Illinois towns of Paris, Bellflower, Saybrook, and Arrowsmith, Carol Bergfield found the classroom where she'd spend the rest of her ...

The education system has changed, but that doesn't necessarily mean we've made progress. In 1979, first graders were expected to achieve a series of old-school milestones in areas that went beyond ...

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An estimated 12% of first graders’ most-used media at home is educational, a new study suggests. Results also showed that higher use of educational media was associated with both more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This fall, about 50,000 Wisconsin public school kids will start first grade. They'll file through hundred-year-old hallways and ...

It was a day of hands-on learning with plenty of smiles.

A huge stack of snacks was prepared to be loaded Tuesday onto a Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley van, ending the ...

SPENCER, Iowa (KTIV) - Doctor visits, x-rays, and even surgery can sound scary until a teddy bear shows you how it’s done. At Spencer Hospital, hundreds of first graders are getting a hands-on lesson ...

Why does smoke come out of a fire? How many fires have you put out? Why isn’t your suit yellow? How do you save cats from trees? All were questions Spokane firefighters fielded Tuesday from fascinated ...

Snowy weather and dicey roads slowed deliveries down Thursday, but six members of a local sorority still passed out 263 pairs of new sneakers to first graders at five elementary schools in the Gary ...

Kids and puppies just click in a way that’s hard to explain. Perhaps it’s their endless curiosity or how they bring out each other’s softer side. Whatever it is, it tugs at your heart every time. This ...