The research, from the research-and-analysis nonprofit WestEd, examines the Amplify Science 1st grade curriculum—a commercially available program designed to teach to the new standards.

The enhanced ABCmouse curriculum was developed in close collaboration with the company's Curriculum Board of nationally recognized educators and experts in language development, child development, ...

He said the curriculum has a stronger emphasis on historical facts and trends than local schools are looking for in first-grade English language arts.

They explored the topic “rules” throughout the day as part of a new interdisciplinary, theme-focused kindergarten and first-grade curriculum that brings together math, science, literacy and ...

“Some of the kids will be gung-ho and ready for 1st grade curriculum as planned, and others, both academically and socially, are going to be clueless. … We’ve got a huge gap in what children ...

“The idea is to assist parents in understanding something of the 1st-grade curriculum and the ways in which they can help their children to learn,” said Wills, who received a grant from the ...