First-grade teacher Somer Brown, a finalist for the title of Educator of the Year, explains how foundational reading skills, ...

Green streamers at the door, a decked-out fake fir topped with a devious-faced hand-drawn paper cutout of The Grinch in place of a star — and a green carpet where 6- and 7-year-olds squirmed with ...

Already troubled by her 4th grade students’ low reading levels, San Antonio-area teacher Melody Fernandez entered “survival mode” when she was moved down to 1st grade—and discovered the full scope of ...

After teaching in her hometown of Danville for 13 years, Teri Bott made the move to Salt Fork South Elementary School last year, where she’s in her second year teaching first grade. After teaching in ...

As a girl, Kylie Altier struggled in school. Nervous and shy, she had trouble reading — dyslexia, she learned. “I just really felt like I wasn’t that smart or special,” she remembers. Her first grade ...