The year was 1956, and young children between 5 and 6 years old were starting first grade at Frank Hartsfield Elementary School. That year Hilda McCarter started teaching the inaugural first-grade ...
FARGO - Maggie Shorma won't stand for sitting down. The Nativity Elementary School first-grader is hooked on being part of Jean Eppler's "standing" classroom. "It's pretty healthy for you, and you get ...
Teacher Leticia Denoya stands at the front of her classroom, at Natchaug Elementary in Windham, Connecticut. Her first-graders sit criss-cross applesauce on the reading rug. "Do you remember last week ...