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A group of 36 girls entering the eighth grade received a weeklong crash course in the science and math behind climate change thanks to a unique, interactive curriculum designed and delivered by four ...

Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

Students nearing high school graduation scored lower than ever in national math and reading tests in 2024, according to an assessment known as the Nation's Report Card. Students have not recovered ...

Amalia Baugh, an eighth-grade student from Freshwater Charter Middle School, has made waves in the science community by winning several awards for her outstanding project in Earth and environmental ...

(TEXAS TRIBUNE) - Starting next year, Texas will require that eighth graders learn about climate change as part of a science curriculum overhaul approved two years ago. But which textbooks they’ll use ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to ...

Eighth grade students' science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...