Science education is increasingly expected to reach every learner, yet many students still face barriers that limit their participation and engagement.

Over the years, though, I’ve learned that students who grasp and use scientific vocabulary confidently, both in writing and ...

Another core idea for helping students grasp critical concepts in chemistry is to incorporate examples to which students can relate. This is a central strategy in culturally responsive teaching, which ...

Growing up near the World Bank’s agricultural development project in Anyigba (present day Kogi State, Nigeria), Mark Akubo and his friends would visit the aerodrome to watch light planes take off and ...

Nearly 20 California legislators have sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom asking him to restore funding for a professional development program for California science teachers that focuses on best ...

University educators working in a time of austerity rarely have the time for introducing wholesale revisions to their courses—but any educator can implement what James Lang famously calls “small ...

In an article describing the likely effects of federal requirements for standardized science testing (“NCLB Could Alter Science Teaching,” Nov. 10, 2004), you devote considerable space to a study by ...

To improve literacy proficiency for all students, reading instruction should be based on science, on what the research says works. However, how evidenced-based reading should be taught requires more ...