Globally, the U.S. is at risk of declining economic competitiveness due to its continuing lower levels of educational attainment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The U.S.

F. Chris Curran has received funding from the AERA Grants Program with support from the National Science Foundation. The annual back-to-school season is filled with high hopes for making new friends, ...

Large science achievement gaps at the end of eighth grade between white and racial/ethnic minority children and between children from higher-and lower-income families are rooted in large yet ...

The Museum of Science of Boston's school curriculum division, EiE, has released two Engineering curricula, one for kindergarten and one for preschool and pre-K programs, the first of their kind of ...

Low-income and minority children score much lower on national 8th-grade science tests than their white and more advantaged peers, but those gaps already exist before kids start kindergarten.

Children who attend preschool enter kindergarten with greater skills than those who don't, but that advantage is nearly halved by the end of the year as their counterparts quickly begin to catch up, ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. First, research on science and engineering education has focused largely on middle and ...

Funding was awarded to support a collaborative project by Bowdoin College and the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance. Bowdoin College and the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) have ...

The thrill of the holidays may be over, but the 3- and 4-year old preschoolers at St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic School are still bright-eyed with wonder as they begin new units revolving around ...

Lemon Volcanoes Science Experiments bring an exciting, fizzy, engaging science experience to your home or classroom from the very first moment. In this Fun Lemon Volcanoes Science Experiments activity ...