Now in her 26th year of teaching, Michelle Campbell's goal for her first graders is to keep reading and learning.

Teacher Leticia Denoya stands at the front of her classroom, at Natchaug Elementary in Windham, Conn. Her first-graders sit criss-cross applesauce on the reading rug. "Do you remember last week, we ...

But the teacher clarified that the girl had not said a word — to her teacher or any other students in class. Sitting in Ms. Hanneman’s first-grade classroom on Thursday afternoon, however, the new ...

In a first-grade classroom at Creek View Elementary School, Linda Ngo turns learning into an experience. Desks can turn into ...