Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the organization WestEd. Using an elementary curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards improved students’ science ...

At the end of Sheila Norris’ kindergarten class at Hillsmere Elementary School, her students figured out that rules keep people safe. They explored the topic “rules” throughout the day as part of a ...

Mahoniss Graham, 6, holds one of the treats he won for his first-grade class in a snow contest in February at the Syracuse Academy of Science. Or explain the significance of gods and goddesses, ...

Author Robert Fulghum famously wrote, “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” But the pandemic meant that many students missed that pivotal school year or experienced a more disrupted ...

First impressions can mean a lot. So 1st-grade teacher Ruth Wills has big plans for this year at Aurora’s McCarty Elementary School. Wills is introducing a program aimed at enhancing communication ...

Kindergarten, first grade and second grade students in all 24 elementary schools in the Sioux Falls School District will soon benefit from a new literacy and science initiative in partnership with the ...