Fifty-eight percent of parents said their child has asked for their help with math Homeschooling is not so easy. The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the ...

The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the sixth-grade level, according to new research. When asked to estimate the grade they’d be placed into for both math and ...

(July 24, 2014: See the editor's note at the bottom of this page for an explanation of the story's new headline.) When 12-year-old Lauren Arrington heard about her sixth-grade science project, she ...

A new study that analyzed four California science textbooks from major publishers found they position climate change as a debate over differing opinions. Contrary to the clear majority of climate ...

Public trust in science has taken a beating during the pandemic, and experts argue helping students understand natural uncertainty in science could help restore it. “When scientific findings change, ...

Oh no! The 6th-grade science fair is here. Not to worry — we’ve rounded up some of the best project ideas to get you started. Oh no! The 6th-grade science fair is here. Not to worry — we’ve rounded up ...

These sample pages of sensory receptors were created by 6th grade science students at Redwood Middle School in California. Each page explains a different type of receptor with the human body and ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. In Clinton Huey’s 6th-grade science class at Bancroft Middle School in San Leandro just ...

Steve Ferro may be a New Jersey educator with nearly three decades under his belt, but deep down he’s still a kid at heart. It was in that spirit that preparing his school science lab for the ...

image: A new study from SMU, Dallas, and Stanford University that analyzed four California science textbooks from major publishers found they position climate change as a debate over differing ...