Oregonian

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 ...

3 First Graders Rush to Help Teacher After She Starts Choking on Food: 'They 100 Percent Saved My Life'

Last month, teacher Madison Swift started choking on food while in her first-grade classroom in Colonial Heights, Va. Three ...
OPB

REBROADCAST: ‘Class of 2025′ first grade

In 2012, then Oregon governor John Kitzhaber announced a lofty goal: by 2025, the state would achieve a 100% high school graduation rate. That hasn’t happened — the state’s graduation rate is around ...

First Graders Foster Shy Puppies in the Classroom & It’s Nothing Like You’ve Ever Seen

These first graders help the scared puppies become more confident & sociable, and utlimately, adoptable. Meet the amazing ...
People

3rd Grade Teacher Hosts a Mock NFL Draft for Students. She Says It Has 'Transformed My Classroom' (Exclusive)

Mary Crippen teaches third grade at Pinecrest Elementary in Miami-Dade County Public Schools ShotByCuh Mary Crippen’s love of football runs deep, but it wasn’t always that way Growing up in Miami with ...