Teaching elementary school science can be a struggle. Math and English dominate the schedule in the early grades, often leaving scant time for science. And most elementary teachers don’t have a ...

Chicago, Illinois – The significance of computer science education in schools is growing exponentially as it empowers children with the essential skills to navigate and excel in the digital world.

During my time as a kindergarten teacher, I learned three major lessons about our youngest learners’ relationship to science. Specifically, I learned that elementary school students are predisposed to ...

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TOLEDO, Ohio — We are less than two months away from one of the biggest and rarest solar eclipse events of a lifetime. Dozens of students at Raymer Elementary School got a little taste of what to ...

ANAHEIM — Students screamed, bowling balls swung through the air and Ducks skated as more than 16,000 elementary students in third through sixth grade gathered at the Honda Center on Wednesday, Feb.

As a student teacher I witnessed extreme inequalities in how science is communicated and taught at California elementary schools. My first teaching experience was as a STEM (science, technology, ...

A kindergarten student raises her hand during a reading lesson in Jennifer Lee’s class at Southwest Primary School in Hickory, N.C. Credit: Ariel Gilreath for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

LEXINGTON, S.C. — A Lexington One parent says he was stunned to learn his child went nine weeks without any science lessons, even though classroom newsletters said otherwise. Jay, a Deerfield ...

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