Elementary School
Education news, analysis, and opinion about schools serving the lower grades, typically up to 5th, and their students
Mathematics
Q&A
How This Teacher Makes Math a Team Sport—and Gets Kids Excited to Participate
Fifth grade teacher Michaela Sicuranza helped lead her Title I school to a math championship. Here's how she gets kids excited about math.
Law & Courts
Supreme Court Faces Big Test on Religious Students' Opt-Outs From LGBTQ+ Books
The justices will weigh whether a school district must allow parents with religious objections to LGBTQ+ books to excuse their children.
Classroom Technology
Video
Teachers, Try This: Digital Literacy Lessons for Elementary Students
Students are encountering technology at an early age. It's important they know how to interact safely with a digital world.
Teacher Preparation
What the Research Says
Is Math Teacher-Prep Not Teaching Enough of the Basics?
A report says the programs should provide future teachers more training number sense, algebraic reasoning, and other foundations.
Student Well-Being
Video
How Urban Schools Bring Lessons to Life Through Gardening
School gardens can connect classroom lessons with the wider world while offering lifelong learnings for students.
Artificial Intelligence
From Our Research Center
Can AI and Math Work Together? Here's What Teachers Say
Generate practice problems, plan lessons, and help struggling learners were among many recommendations.
Teaching
Video
Flexible Seating Without the Chaos. This Teacher Has Figured It Out
This 4th grade class utilizes 11 different types of flexible seating to keep them moving throughout the day.
Teaching Profession
Video
‘It’s Not All Rainbows and Butterflies’: SEL in the Early Grades
A veteran teacher reflects on how the classroom (and the kids) have changed, and on what's needed to fix education.
Teaching Profession
Team-Teaching Builds Supports in a 'Very Lonely Profession'
Collaborative teaching gains traction amid staff shortages and rising student need.
Classroom Technology
Here's How Many Elementary Students Have Their Own Cellphones and Tablets
The use of cellphones and tablets by young children in school raises concerns about too much screen time.
Social Studies
Opinion
What We Can All Learn From Black Women in Education
These eight extraordinary women in history have a lot to teach us today.
Student Well-Being
Video
This School Keeps Kids Moving All Day. See How It Works
Inside a school where movement is woven into academics throughout the day.
Teaching Profession
Public Trust in Elementary School Teachers Declines—But Still Tops Most Other Professions
Elementary school teachers second only to nurses in a poll of most-trusted professions.
Student Well-Being
Download
How Schools Can Teach Students to Manage Their Behavior and Emotions (DOWNLOADABLE)
Experts share practical tips on how to teach students to manage their emotions and behaviors.