grade school

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Grade-school friendships are an ever-shifting landscape of alliances, hurt feelings and misunderstandings.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2019

Grade-school children can recite the bullet points of her history: She was the 17th-century daughter of Powhatan who negotiated with the English at Jamestown, married an English colonist and converted to Christianity.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2018

Grade-school children, says Psychologist Escalona, want facts: How big are the bombs?

From Time Magazine Archive

Grade-school math equations scribbled in chalk on the green metal gate of one home are a stark reminder that children once lived here.

From Time Magazine Archive

Grade-school children now average well in excess of two hours of homework a night, compared with 85 minutes in 1981, according to the University of Michigan.

From Time Magazine Archive