Building better readers should involve more than teaching the core components of early literacy—these five strategies are grounded in science and tested by expert educators.

Michigan schools have the highest rate of chronic absenteeism in the Midwest, but the state doesn't have a plan to fix the ...

Wallace State Community College’s Department of Nursing is helping first-graders ease any fear they might have when they need to go to the doctor or emergency room.

Wallace State Community College's nursing students host over 1,000 first-graders for the Let’s Pretend Hospital event to ease ...

Imagine a day at school without a strict bell schedule, assigned seating, mandated textbook reading, or classrooms that confine students by age. For younger kids, minimizing limitations can empower ...

You could say first-grade teacher April Raguindin was pretty excited last week when she received a call from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. The veteran educator teaches at ...

Minnesota’s universities and colleges should mandate that transcripts report both the student’s grade and the average grade received in each class.

Brooke Hughes In 2022, first grade teacher Brooke Hughes had an idea. What if she and her class fostered some puppies together in the classroom? It started as a pipe dream. Now, it’s a groundbreaking ...