Westfield’s first-graders are using virtual learning to read

The success of virtual tutoring program being used in Westfield's elementary schools to help first graders learn to read has ...
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First grade, first cellphone? Here’s how families are managing kids’ ever-earlier adoption of devices.

When Keri Rodrigues’s eldest son got his first smartphone about six years ago, he was in the minority among the 9-year-olds in his class. But when her youngest child, now age 9, received his phone, he ...
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What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

This fall, about 50,000 Wisconsin public school kids will start first grade. They'll file through hundred-year-old hallways and new builds, meeting teachers just out of college or 40-year veteran ...
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First school year tapping predicts children's third-grade literacy skills

Rhythmic skills have been repeatedly found to relate to children’s early literacy skills. Using rhythmic tasks to predict language and reading performance seems a promising direction as they can be ...