Chelsea Record

Johns Hopkins study shows positive results for first grade reading program

The results of a recent study from Johns Hopkins University that the Chelsea schools took part in bear out the success of the program.
Education Week

The Case for Reading Tutoring Before 3rd Grade, Not After

This September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers ...

Johns Hopkins Study: Ignite Reading Sparks Dramatic Increase in First-Grade Literacy, Highlighting Importance of Early Intervention to Learning to Read On Time

Ignite Reading, a Science of Reading-based early literacy intervention program that has provided more than 62 million minutes ...

A First-Grade Teacher Refused to Read a Book Featuring an LGBTQ Family and Says His Job Was Threatened

A first grade classroom in Tennessee has abruptly become the latest flashpoint in the national fight over how schools handle ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...
Psychology Today

Psychology Today

Key points All first graders should show development in two critical phases, Phases 3 and Phase 4, leading to automatic word reading and spelling. In Phases 3 and 4 writing samples, you see evidence ...