If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the ...

Jacob Leggette, 9, of Baltimore looks on as President Barack Obama blows a bubble while visiting his science exhibit during the annual White House Science Fair in April 2016. Obama started the fair as ...

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 ...