Free speech case puts first graders’ rights in spotlight

The lawsuit involves a first grader who allegedly received a punishment for giving a Black Lives Matter drawing to an African ...

First grade student disciplined over Black Lives Matter drawing does have free speech rights, court rules

Federal appeals court rules elementary students have First Amendment protections, reviving a lawsuit over a first grader's ...
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Parents debate when to tell a first-grader about changing schools, wondering whether more notice will ease the emotional fallout

Parents across the country face a difficult dilemma when deciding how much advance notice to give their first-graders about an upcoming school change. Some believe telling children weeks ahead helps ...
Education Week

The ‘Pandemic Babies’ Are Now in 1st and 2nd Grade. How Are They Doing?

Achievement is still lower for kids who were toddlers during the pandemic—even though they didn't experience school closures.
People

3 First Graders Rush to Help Teacher After She Starts Choking on Food: 'They 100 Percent Saved My Life'

Madison Swift, 23, of Lakeview Elementary School in Virginia, praised her students Kolton Hersh, 7, Dereck Contreras-Franco, 6, and Bryson Doss, 6 Lakeview Elementary School A first-grade teacher's ...

A First-Grade Teacher Refused to Read a Book Featuring an LGBTQ Family and Says His Job Was Threatened

A first grade classroom in Tennessee has abruptly become the latest flashpoint in the national fight over how schools handle LGBTQ topics and religious objections. Eric Rivera, a first grade teacher ...

Alpharetta teacher turns classroom into adventures for first grade students

In a first-grade classroom at Creek View Elementary School, Linda Ngo turns learning into an experience. Desks can turn into ...
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First-graders are studying human anatomy and tested in a new hands-on approach

"We have six surgical tests that we need to complete," announced Gidia Santiago, teacher to a group of first-grade surgeons scrubbing in outside the restrooms. The students have been studying human ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

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 ...

Nashville teacher has record cleared after refusing to read same-sex marriage book to first-graders

A Nashville teacher's record was cleared after he refused to read a LGBTQ book due to religious beliefs, according to a press ...
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First graders seek valentines from all 50 states

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — For this group of first graders at Good Shepherd Academy in Kingston, love is in the air, and it's traveling quite a way to get there. This Valentine's Day, all three first-grade ...
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First graders’ Dimes for Besore add up for Greencastle library

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greencastle-Antrim Primary School students had lots of suggestions about books the children’s librarian at Lilian S. Besore ...