First grade class uses foster puppies to enhance their reading skills Brooke Hughes first came up with the idea to bring puppies into the classroom while fostering dogs in 2020. Since then, her ...

Teacher Leticia Denoya stands at the front of her classroom, at Natchaug Elementary in Windham, Conn. Her first-graders sit criss-cross applesauce on the reading rug. "Do you remember last week, we ...