First-grader

Lianne Milton for The Wall Street Journal First-grader Martha Chessen gets help from instructor Xiu Geng in a math-in-Mandarin class at the Chinese American International School, where a growing number of students come from non-Chinese backgrounds.

Growing Diversity Fuels Chinese School Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011

Associated Press First-grader Victoria Bernade copies a sentence as teacher L.ri Peck goes over sentence structure at Grace L. Patterson Elementary school in Vallejo, Calif., on Feb. 12.

Teacher Seniority Rules Challenged Barbara Martinez 2010

First-grader Sarah Reed wasn't sure how to spell "Huntsville."

Archive 2005-09-01 2005

~First-grader gets suspended for bringing a plastic squirt gun to school via KMBC-TV, Kansas CityAccording to Kansas City, Mo., School District policy, the squirt gun is a simulated weapon and a class IV, which is the most serious school offense.

More reasons why we homeschool Argent 2006

GRIFFIN: First-grader Garrett is the staff sergeant's younger cousin, but all of the students here wanted to write the soldier.

CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2004 2004

GRIFFIN: First-grader Garrett is the staff sergeant's younger cousin, but all of the students here wanted to write the soldier.

CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2004 2004

First-grader Joseph Anderson became upset last week at his Queens elementary school because his art project, Easter egg painting, didn't look the way he wanted.

The Seattle Times 2011

First-grader and math whiz in training Abby Cui-Powell

TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

First-grader Mikayla Harrison, her yellow shirt the size of a dress, was among the most committed to keeping her school open.

SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter jtucker@sfchronicle.com (Jill Tucker 2011

First-grader Brittney Mason, 6, colored with a blue crayon boxes containing words with the short

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