These are turbulent times for science education. “Science denial” and misinformation, political controversy, and equity issues bedevil the field at a time when scientific solutions are urgently needed ...

Last month I took a Narrative Economics class from Yale University’s Robert Shiller in which he expounded on the importance of cross-curricular connections in education. Shiller quoted the ...

In their efforts to regulate how teachers can discuss issues of politics and identity in the classroom, Republican state legislators have so far focused mainly on social studies and history ...

In its 2018 Federal STEM Strategic Plan, a collaboration of government agencies wrote that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education should move through a pathway where ...

A couple of years ago, five faculty members at Harvard University published an intriguing study. They had run an experiment in an introductory undergraduate physics course to figure out why active ...

The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine will establish an Action Collaborative within which science education stakeholders at the national and state levels will develop ...

We call on policy makers to embrace a national vision for science education that can guide efforts across the country to create the conditions for elementary and secondary schools, and postsecondary ...

Science understanding and expertise are essential to the function of modern society and are foundational within science education. Understanding scientific concepts and processes, especially in ...

While coding is a good start, school districts need to develop broader computer science initiatives to grow 21st century–ready learners. Alexander Slagg is a freelance writer specializing in ...