Our story and blog post about a high-profile call for common curriculum sparked a good amount of interest from you all. Those of you following this issue might want to take in some interesting ...

Though scientists know children with strong spatial thinking skills have an edge in science, technology, engineering, and math, and that those skills are teachable, no one has formally infused them ...

Studies showing that children who read below grade level by 3rd grade continue to struggle in school long afterwards have engendered a patchwork of literacy laws across the country. Many of those ...

If a 3rd grader has not mastered the 3rd-grade curriculum and passed a test to prove it, he should repeat the grade. From President Clinton on down, this perspective is widely shared. If these beliefs ...

Swimming has become so popular with Schenectady students, it has become a part of the 3rd grade physical education curriculum. Students learn how to be safe, to jump in the water, and of course, how ...

Responding to a critical gap in technology education, CompTIA Spark has launched free technology curriculum specifically for middle grade classrooms, grades 5-8. It aims to support teachers so that ...