TAMPA, Fla. — There are lots of cheers in Melissa Mohan’s first grade class. Melissa Mohan is this week's A+ Teacher Mohan teaches 1st grade at Potter Elementary More A+ Teacher headlines Want ...

Teaching math to struggling first-graders: A new study finds that its better to teach them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And practice a lot.

Some districts are using new “response lessons” to identify the talented students that traditional assessments miss.

Kendall Stallings is a 1st grade teacher in Baltimore County, Md.