Second-grade

Second-grade teacher Sondra Chernoff says teachers, some of whom had never played chess before, like the opportunity to build their repertoire of skills.

To 'Chess Lady,' game is more than fun 2011

Second-grade teacher Sondra Chernoff says teachers, some of whom had never played chess before, like the opportunity to build their repertoire of skills.

To 'Chess Lady,' game is more than fun 2011

INA JAFFE: Second-grade teacher Elaine Korowitz doesn't see much good coming out of the Times 'series publishing the names and rankings of all those teachers online.

'L.A. Times' Database Angers Teachers, Union 2010

INA JAFFE: Second-grade teacher Elaine Korowitz doesn't see much good coming out of the Times 'series publishing the names and rankings of all those teachers online.

'L.A. Times' Database Angers Teachers, Union 2010

INA JAFFE: Second-grade teacher Elaine Korowitz doesn't see much good coming out of the Times 'series publishing the names and rankings of all those teachers online.

'L.A. Times' Database Angers Teachers, Union 2010

Second-grade Communicants present carnations during a Coronation of Mary mass at St. Monica.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

Second-grade Communicants present carnations during a Coronation of Mary mass at St. Monica.

St. Monica Coronation 2009

Second-grade teacher Esther DePaula interviewed for her position on a cell phone in the parking lot of her former school in Miami.

Wooing Them With Elvis 2008

Second-grade teacher Mary Jacob, 26, got out with a 7-year-old boy just as the second tower collapsed.

The Heroes 2007

Barrie Thorne, a participant observer in elementary schools in California and Michigan whose students are mainly from working-class families, captured the tiny incidents that transform integrated classes into gender-divided worlds: Second-grade girls and boys eat lunch together around a long rectangular table.

Failing at FAIRNESS Myra David Sadker 2003