My post doc after finishing my degree in 1984 was teaching first grade at the bilingual elementary where I had done dissertation research. As I headed out into the real world, a widely admired ...

A local, former star 1st grader has now, decades later, closed a rare circle by working as a teacher in the same Lakota school as her former teacher who first inspired her to pursue a career as a ...

When I was little, my mom read to me all the time. Because of her, I developed a lifelong love of books and started reading when I was quite young, jumping ahead of some of my peers. But this was a ...

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 ...

After teaching in her hometown of Danville for 13 years, Teri Bott made the move to Salt Fork South Elementary School last ...

In 1979, first graders were expected to achieve a series of old-school milestones in areas that went beyond basic academics. These benchmarks weren't just about learning facts — they tested motor ...

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 ...