40 percent — The number of first grade students “well below grade level” in reading in 2020, compared with 27 percent in 2019, according to Amplify Education Inc. First grade in particular — “the ...

A new nationwide study has found that children entering first grade in 2013 had significantly better reading skills than similar students had just 12 years earlier. Researchers say this means that ...

A Delaware teacher says a program that brings foster puppies into the classroom is helping students improve their reading skills.. Brooke Hughes, who has been teaching first grade for the past 12 ...