In 4th grade, it’s a math class pop-up conversation about the Oscars. If you want to introduce statistics and data-science concepts in elementary school, Laib says, it’s best to be flexible.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Jermaine McClure stands in the back of his 4th grade classroom, carefully looping into a knot the plaid tie wrapped around his neck. To hear the 9-year-old talk, the too-long ...

By the time students start 4th grade in Jennifer Clark’s class, she hopes they have a solid grasp on their math facts. “Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two ...

Fourth graders in Atlanta Public Schools made significant progress in national math and reading tests. Now the district will expand its reading program to middle schools.

PLEASANT GROVE — Rita Lewis' fourth-grade class recently wrote essays to enact change at Central Elementary School. The hand dryers in the bathroom across the hall made learning difficult, and ...