The fourth graders stepped into a darkened annex to the Keystone Science School dining hall on Wednesday, took their seats and listened as programs intern Andrea Seymour talked to them about rods and ...

In the words of Panther Valley science teacher Stefanie Palina, her fourth grade students demonstrated “generosity, curiosity and a collaborative spirit.” The students held a “cereal box challenge,” ...

Q:MY fourth-grader is required to participate in his schools science fair next month. His teacher has given us very little guidance except for one very general instruction sheet. How are we ever going ...

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Science scores for Vermont’s fourth-graders slipped 6 percentage points in 2013. Only 47 percent of students scored at a proficient level or higher — the lowest percentage since 2008, when the NECAP ...

Marcia C. Linn, Catherine Lewis, Ineko Tsuchida and Nancy Butler Songer Between 4th and 8th grade, American students fall behind on international norms, whereas Japanese students continue to perform ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. At a time when educators, elected officials, and corporate leaders are fretting over American students’ weak science skills, new test results show that the nation’s ...

Minnesota's educators and business community have long stressed that the state's students need to be able to compete internationally when it comes to math and science. It seems they're doing just that ...