As more teachers are using both the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards, they will increasingly be confronted with a challenge: The standards in literacy and ...

When is breaking something good? Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Ocee Elementary School in Johns Creek have the answer in taking old toys apart to see how they work in learning about science and ...

The battle over Common Core education standards is playing out across the country, but a new set of requirements for teaching science is creeping into curricula without the same fanfare. Some states ...

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When Carrie Lombardi left her New York City finance job to teach at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, she was surprised to hear clucking from a colleague’s classroom one day. The students, she learned ...

Clear Creek ISD elementary and intermediate students can now apply for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, and dual language programs across the district, according to the ...

The new STEM Education Center at Rainbow Elementary School was filled with intense, smiling students as they actively engaged in STEM activities at last week’s ribbon cutting. Students in the ...

Problem: Curiosity is broadly distributed. Opportunity is not. Solution: Bay Area volunteers are bringing science experiments into the low-income classrooms, thrilling youngsters with hands-on ...

Woodstock Elementary School (WES) was bustling with activity the evening of Thursday, May 4, as families, teachers, and staff enjoyed an interactive, museum-style science fair put on by students in ...

Winners in the elementary school category of the Southern Arizona Regional Science & Engineering Fair, held March 20-25 at the Tucson Convention Center: Acacia Elementary School: Reece Weatherford, ...

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