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Feb. 16—ARDMORE — Cedar Hill Elementary students were in the middle of a lesson in Tracy Hodges' first grade class last month when they realized something was not right and performed an act that ...

On the first day of school at Hayward’s Park Elementary, the first lesson Lori Suydam gave her first-graders had nothing to do with reading or writing or math. She taught them how to mute themselves ...

A class of Normandy Elementary School first-graders learn more than academics from their teacher, Dee Dunstan. These students learn that giving really is better than receiving.

These first graders help the scared puppies become more confident & sociable, and utlimately, adoptable. Meet the amazing ...

The education system has changed, but that doesn't necessarily mean we've made progress. In 1979, first graders were expected to achieve a series of old-school milestones in areas that went beyond ...

First graders at an Alabama elementary school are being hailed as heroes for taking quick action to help their teacher during a medical emergency. "It was scary for me because I knew that they were ...

Writing letters to Santa Claus may not be the oldest Christmas tradition observed around the world – but it’s one that most ...

Graduating seniors who formerly attended Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., speak with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on June 6. Grace Fischer survived the massacre at ...