40 percent — The number of first grade students “well below grade level” in reading in 2020, compared with 27 percent in 2019, according to Amplify Education Inc. First grade in particular — “the ...

Early Reader Books for 1st Grade Summer Reading This list of easy readers is 1st-grade books with only a few words per page , perfect for kids who are entering first grade and just beginning to read.

Kids as young as 6 are tested, and tested again, to ensure they're making sufficient progress. Then there's homework, more workbooks and tutoring.

The issue has been debated for decades. A TIME cover in 1999 read: “Too much homework! How it’s hurting our kids, and what parents should do about it.” The accompanying story noted that the ...

“If parents do only one thing routinely to get their children ready for 1st grade, reading every day, a variety of books, would be it,” said Seena Hawley, executive director of the Berkeley Baby Book ...

The Kids Are Young Kids Doing Too Much Homework? Kindergartners and first-graders are bringing home 30 minutes of assignments a night. There are a few problems with that.

“I think homework is an important extension of school,” a teacher who is about to finish her first year of teaching first grade said. “Homework isn’t really about right or wrong but ...

But the first-grade teachers in 1998 reported giving far fewer tests than the kindergarten ... Parents also appear to be spending more time reading to kids and otherwise introducing language ...