My colleague Sean Cavanagh, who covers math and science here at Education Week, recently wrote an article about science labs in elementary schools. According to the story, although science standards ...

Many elementary students are on a “starvation diet of thin and infrequent science instruction,” according to a new report from Change the Equation. More than half of 4th graders spend less than three ...

Fourth graders from around Mississippi gathered Thursday at the Jackson and Meridian Children’s Museums to learn how to code ...

Correction appended 9 U.S. eighth graders are less prepared to be the scientists of tomorrow than they were before the ...

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — It was 11:09 a.m. for students sitting in science class on Monday, Jan. 31 at Angus Valley Elementary in Sand Springs. When the clock turned to 11:10 a.m., these fourth graders ...

Parents started an online petition that makes a number of accusations towards the school, including removing science from the fourth-grade curriculum.

New test results show U.S. fourth and eighth-graders have made improvements in their study of science, narrowing persistent achievement gaps based on gender and race. The National Assessment of ...

EdSource · Uncertainty over Head Start funding puts parents and teachers on edge Eighth-graders in the United States have made steady progress on an international test measuring math skills over the ...

It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making cuts to the U.S. Education Department. The ...