Vladimir Gladkov, an eighth-grader from William G. Wilcox (P.S./I.S. 48), secured his spot in the final seven and ultimately ...

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I've been a college professor for 15 years, but I've been helping out at public schools because of teacher shortages. I love ...

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Here is a picture of my second-graders for the school year 1967-1968. Only the back row has been identified. From left are ...

I will always remember my second graders. But to me, they will forever be 7 years old. Maybe 8. They will never grow old.' ...

Collaborative Classroom, a leading nonprofit publisher of K–12 instructional materials, announces the publication of SIPPS®, ...

I can still hear the refrain of "Ching Chang" chanted at me if I sit quietly enough. The feeling of being outcast stung most.

"Turns out I had a small scratch on the front of my scalp. That's it. I scratched my head and got an infection that would ...

Increasingly, younger kids were not nailing basic reading skills before third ... for first grade. In her new school, Carter was taught to “sound it out” — articulating the word as she ...