Although most of them were still in diapers when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, today’s early elementary students didn’t make it through the global catastrophe unscathed. A new analysis from NWEA, an ...

Mississippi fourth graders’ average math scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress were higher than ...

A slate of new series aim to tap into kids’ shifting interests—and perhaps spark the next generation of scientists, inventors ...

Walking into Windsor Park elementary in Corpus Christi, Texas, it’s hard to miss the mass of bright, colorful paper balloons taped on the wall, displaying photos of dozens of children who have read at ...

We took Andy Weir to a science museum and watched him nerd out with an astrophysicist and about making "Project Hail Mary" with Ryan Gosling.

Young students are still struggling to bounce back academically from the pandemic, even though many were babies at the time.

New data shows early‑grade reading remains below pre‑pandemic levels, with first‑ and second‑graders lagging as math rises.

Last year, after decades of often bitter debate, California took an important step toward raising the abysmal levels of reading ability among many of its public school students. The Legislature passed ...

Math vocabulary alone isn’t a silver bullet—but research shows it’s linked to stronger academic achievement when paired with expert teaching practices.

To understand why, the team looked at the MRI scans.