He reads aloud question No. 1, and he emphasizes that students must include evidence and reasoning with their answer. “So, do not just say, ‘Yes,’” he tells his students. “Yes,” one of them responds ...

White lab coat buttoned, glasses perched firmly on his head, eighth-grade science teacher Todd Munoz lies flat on the classroom table. Atop his stomach is a bowling ball. Next to him is a student ...

In a drab hearing room in Austin, Tex., members of the State Board of Education, seated at small desks arranged in a broad, socially distanced circle, debated whether eighth grade science students ...

Middle schoolers embody a messy no-man’s land: young enough to get excited by stickers and play-acting, but mature enough to crave autonomy and opportunities to improve their world. Younger ...

Students can sit, stand, kneel, stretch out on the floor or pedal their way through David Browne’s eighth-grade science class at Oak Valley Middle School. There’s no seating chart nor desks. Glass ...

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 ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C-- A team of investors from Mr. Schnably's 8th-grade science class at Jefferson Middle School in Winston-Salem has made it to the finals of the Samsung Solve For Tomorrow Contest. It ...