He reads aloud question No. 1, and he emphasizes that students must include evidence and reasoning with their answer. “So, do not just say, ‘Yes,’” he tells his students. “Yes,” one of them responds ...

White lab coat buttoned, glasses perched firmly on his head, eighth-grade science teacher Todd Munoz lies flat on the classroom table. Atop his stomach is a bowling ball. Next to him is a student ...

Science is usually one of the more hands-on subjects in middle school: Students design research questions, draw diagrams, and conduct experiments. But the country’s 8th graders are less likely to do ...

December 4, 2025 - A new literacy intervention program is being rolled out in San Diego, Alameda, San Mateo and Riverside counties, to help teenagers in juvenile detention grasp the basics of reading.

Students can sit, stand, kneel, stretch out on the floor or pedal their way through David Browne’s eighth-grade science class at Oak Valley Middle School. There’s no seating chart nor desks. Glass ...

It started with a simple after-school conversation last spring between two teachers. Barbara Page, a veteran English-as-a-second-language teacher, and Meredith Vanden Berg, an 8th grade science ...

Decatur – A 8 th grade class needs your help to dig wells in developing countries. Mrs. Bartimus's 8 th grade science class, at Johns Hill started the "Pennies for Pozos" project. The class is trying ...