Introducing math and science through inquiry and problem-based instruction can pay off throughout elementary school, according to a massive international series of studies. Education economists Emma ...

Science education is increasingly expected to reach every learner, yet many students still face barriers that limit their participation and engagement.

Middle-grades science teachers that dedicate a minimum of five hours of instructional time to science each week are more likely to implement inquiry-based teaching, a best practice among science and ...

CHARLOTTE, NC / ACCESS Newswire / January 8, 2026 / Today, Discovery Education unveiled bold innovations to power progress in K-12 schools for the 2026-2027 academic year. New solutions will modernize ...

In recent years, Steve Smith’s chemistry class at Animas High School has traded in their beakers and Bunsen burners — at least for one impactful unit — in favor of complicated datasets and graphic ...

The Science Teacher is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, practitioners' journal for grade 9-12 teachers, university faculty responsible for teacher preparation, and state and district science ...

Air Quality Inquiry team and high school teachers at the Union Colony Preparatory and Greeley Central High School symposium. From left to right: Evan Coffey, Leighanna Hinojosa, Narelle Kipple, Liz ...

Science is usually one of the more hands-on subjects in middle school: Students design research questions, draw diagrams, and conduct experiments. But the country’s 8th graders are less likely to do ...

Imagine entering a science classroom where rows of students sit in silence, eyes fixed on their notebooks as the teacher dictates line after line from the prescribed textbook. This is not ...

Last month I took a Narrative Economics class from Yale University’s Robert Shiller in which he expounded on the importance of cross-curricular connections in education. Shiller quoted the ...