Reaching One Classroom at a Time: STEM Grant Brings Hands-On Learning Back to Jefferson Elementary

First-grade teacher Robyn Younghans noticed something missing from her classroom at Jefferson Elementary after a STEM program ...
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First Grade Teacher Fosters 18 Puppies In Her Classroom — Research Says It's Beneficial For Both Students & Puppies

A first-grade teacher will most certainly go down in history as her students’ favorite after she incorporated playtime with puppies into her classroom. The opportunity not only allowed the children to ...

Teaching first grade is like being a celebrity for Haledon educators

Stacey Canova and Carly Saal, close friends and fellow teachers, have taught first graders at Haledon Public School for more ...
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This Portland classroom needed 1 more student to be in line for 2nd teacher, parents say. The district closed the waitlist

Last June, parents from Rose City Park Elementary wrote to leaders at Portland Public Schools to plead for a second teacher to be assigned to their school’s first grade Vietnamese dual language ...