First-grader’s First Amendment fight brings sanity back to school

In 2021, a California elementary school punished a first-grader with an indefinite ban on drawing pictures at school and two ...

First grade student disciplined over Black Lives Matter drawing does have free speech rights, court rules

Federal appeals court rules elementary students have First Amendment protections, reviving a lawsuit over a first grader's ...

Free speech case puts first graders’ rights in spotlight

The lawsuit involves a first grader who allegedly received a punishment for giving a Black Lives Matter drawing to an African ...
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10 Old-Fashioned Standards First Graders Had To Meet In 1979 That Prove Today’s Kids Are Likely Developmentally Stunted

The education system has changed, but that doesn't necessarily mean we've made progress. In 1979, first graders were expected to achieve a series of old-school milestones in areas that went beyond ...
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 ...
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First-graders are studying human anatomy and tested in a new hands-on approach

"We have six surgical tests that we need to complete," announced Gidia Santiago, teacher to a group of first-grade surgeons scrubbing in outside the restrooms. The students have been studying human ...