In “Lessons from a Third Grade Dropout,” author Rick Rigsby shares the lessons he learned from his father, who never completed the third grade but had simple, profound wisdom to share. Tom Daugherty, ...

These high school kids are getting a ‘bear’ bones education. Juniors taking American literature at highly rated Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn were tasked with a series of rudimentary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A third-grade math teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, is using her own experiences to help give students real-life lessons ...

Nearly three decades ago, on a clear October morning, my third-grade teacher asks us to line up so that we might make the world, our bodies representing countries and bodies of water. “Single file,” ...

NOTHING IS AS SIMPLE AS IT SEEMS, ESPECIALLY when the subject is water. At Dogwood Elementary School in Knoxville, Tenn., third-grade students use an Internet-based lesson to learn about H 2 O. Lesson ...

Early indicators show third-grade reading scores are getting worse in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, according to a report being presented to the school board Wednesday. Based on preliminary testing, ...