Lawmakers sought to make Michigan a top 10 state for fourth grade reading proficiency. Their initiatives haven't come close to achieving the goal.

OF WATER. WETLANDS FILTER OUT CONTAMINANTS AND NUTRIENTS. NEW AT SIX. STUDENTS IN WAUKEE ARE PUTTING IN HOURS WHILE PAYING IT FORWARD. THE BRAND NEW WATERFORD SPORTING GOODS STORE IS NOW OPEN. THIS IS ...

Fourth graders in Clearfield County received new books to celebrate America’s 250th birthday and learn about their local history. The books were distributed as part of a county-wide effort to educate ...

Edgewood School dad Chad Curry and son Izaire (center) go on a gallery walk of student-made exhibits. Credit: Maya McFadden Photos Edgewood fourth graders check out ancient mammals at the Peabody.

Who's got it better in life, kids or adults? A group of fourth-graders in New Jersey did some serious reporting on this topic and sent us their findings as a part of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

The Costa Mesa-headquartered aerospace and defense company announced plans to expand by nearly 1.2 million square feet across six buildings in Long Beach near the city’s airport, the Los Angeles Times ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham and Karolinska Institutet have identified a new method to predict asthma exacerbations with a high degree of accuracy. The study is published in Nature ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Soda Club didn’t close so much as level-up: In April ...

DeepSeek published a paper outlining a more efficient approach to developing AI, illustrating the Chinese artificial intelligence industry’s effort to compete with the likes of OpenAI despite a lack ...

Walk the two-mile Long Beach Boardwalk, stopping for ocean views and seasonal concessions along the way. Wander through downtown's many eclectic shops, including The Codfish Cowboy and Long Beach Surf ...

Every January, millions of people make resolutions. By February, most have abandoned them. The failure rate, depending on which study you cite, hovers around 80 percent. We know this. We've lived it.