Jacob Leggette, 9, of Baltimore looks on as President Barack Obama blows a bubble while visiting his science exhibit during the annual White House Science Fair in April 2016. Obama started the fair as ...

Lincoln University students got a chance to work with local elementary students in preparation for leading their own classrooms one day. Through the River Reporters project with local Thorpe Gordon ...

ELKHART, Ind. (WSBT) — Do you remember the coolest science project you ever did in grade school? Fourth graders from Concord Community Schools checked the last box on a months-long project by ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Bright lights were in little hands and even brighter minds at Windsor Park Elementary School on Wednesday. It was a lab day for one fourth grade science class. The young ...

The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...

As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

WASHINGTON — D.C. has an official bird, mammal, fish, crustacean, dinosaur, flower, fruit and tree. It does not, however, have an official amphibian, as some young students are now pointing out.

OREGON, Ill. — A book grant on soil from the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom (IAITC) program allowed Oregon students to engage in an unexpected activity. Ms. Tammy Greene's fourth-grade class at ...

A four-legged friend visited Acmetonia Elementary School on Friday morning as part of a new initiative to reward students’ positive behavior. Elizabeth Newill, a fourth grade science teacher, has ...

The nation's fourth-graders have shown significant gains in U.S. history and civics test scores, federal researchers reported yesterday, a development that -- coupled with similar recent advances in ...