Although the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were released more than a decade ago, adoption of them varies widely in California. I have been to districts that have taken the standards and run ...

Text and talk in the science classroom constitute two of the primary vehicles by which students gain knowledge and make meaning. Yet, both involve the unique language of science. Presentations focused ...

Third grade teacher Tracey Broughton teaches students at Perry Creek Elementary School in Sioux City. Iowa’s current draft of its K-12 science standards, which include changing the word “evolution” to ...

The State Board of Education is moving forward with plans to add the state’s science assessment to the California School Dashboard, making it a new piece of the statewide school accountability system.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXEMPLAR 1: SEEDS OF SCIENCE/ROOTS OF READING Jacqueline Barber, Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley, shared her insights into developing Seeds of ...