The first day back can be anxiety-inducing for teachers, Justin Minkel writes. Transform the nerves into excitement by making sure the classroom is ready for students.

Cara Buckley, a Climate reporter for The New York Times, visited an elementary school in Lawrenceville, N.J., where students are encouraged to talk about complex environmental issues.

Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

Literacy lessons for 1st graders taught by Colorado master teachers.

NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk first grade teacher is shaking up the classroom by replacing regular tables and chairs with something called "dynamic seating." Sabrina Wahid, a teacher at Richard Bowling ...

A first-grade teacher will most certainly go down in history as her students’ favorite after she incorporated playtime with puppies into her classroom.

An elementary school teacher who just finished up her first year in the classroom is looking for activities to help enhance students’ fine motor and thinking skills.

A couple from Alabama got engaged inside the same classroom where they met 10 years earlier ...

An online campaign named #ClearTheList is spreading on Instagram to help people pitch in to stock a teacher’s classroom for the start of the school year.

Education Week filmed teachers setting up their classrooms for the first day of school, capturing the whirlwind of excitement and nerves.

Freedom for students is a wonderful thing—if they know how to handle it. With new seating arrangements or groupwork spaces, students need to understand the purpose of their new classroom set-up.