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First grade is a big year for learning math. Children strengthen their counting skills, learn addition and subtraction, begin to tell time and focus on the basics of measuring, sorting by sets and ...

Although most of them were still in diapers when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, today’s early elementary students didn’t make it ...

Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives, new research at the University of Chicago shows. In a study of first- and ...

Young students are still struggling to bounce back academically from the pandemic, even though many were babies at the time.

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

Achievement is still lower for kids who were toddlers during the pandemic—even though they didn't experience school closures.