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 ...

Fourth-grade students turned into budding scientists during Brandon Elementary’s first Science Fair earlier this month, showcasing the projects on which they have been working for the last six weeks. ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

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Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, Korea, Chinese Taipei, and Japan continue outperforming all participating countries in mathematics at the fourth and eighth grades, maintaining a 20-year edge according to ...

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 ...