Textbooks designed to be all-digital and interactive from the start (as opposed to simply converting print books) could bring not only salvation to schools because they’re easily updated, but also a ...
When: Lampeter-Strasburg school board meeting, April 7. What happened: In a unanimous vote, the board adopted new textbooks for elementary and middle school science as well as for accelerated ninth ...
An elementary school student spotted a glaring error in his state-approved science textbook - causing the book's bigwig publisher to acknowledge the mistake and ...
The third-graders looked puzzled when asked what they liked best about science. No answer. OK, then, next question: "What is science?" a visitor asked the children in a hallway at Bessie Carmichael ...
Problem: Curiosity is broadly distributed. Opportunity is not. Solution: Bay Area volunteers are bringing science experiments into the low-income classrooms, thrilling youngsters with hands-on ...
La Cañada Unified School Board members halted the approval process of two elementary-level science textbooks Tuesday after one parent, a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, claimed the ...
Students in Baraboo's elementary schools will get a head start on thinking about botany and microbiology when a new science curriculum takes effect in the fall. "There's a big focus on science and ...
Elementary school science students in Leigh Ann Anderson’s classes skip the textbooks and get straight to the experiments. Four fourth graders huddle over short magnetic wires attached to the top and ...
If textbooks are the meat and potatoes of education, then schoolbook publishers are edging toward vegetarianism. Prompted by years of sagging profits, increasing costs and tighter school budgets, ...