Brittany Jefferson teaches fifth-graders at Citizens of the World Charter School in Silver Lake. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) What do you think of when you hear the words climate change, ...

Fifth-grader Cassie Lewis is making a mess. Leaning over a plastic model of a village, complete with streets winding down to a faux ocean, she showers it with rainbow sprinkles (for trash), chocolate ...

The Washoe County School Board is set to discuss and possibly approve new sex education lessons for fourth and fifth graders at its meeting Tuesday. A year ago, the district’s sexuality, health and ...

When science teacher Joanne Michael launched a weather balloon created by a group of Manhattan Beach fifth-graders last week, she got more than she bargained for. Designed to rise more than 100,000 ...

Local veterans engage with Jefferson Middle School fifth grade students during a recent Veterans Day Gathering held at the school prior to the observance. For more than two decades, Jefferson Middle ...

A fifth-grade classroom in Philadelphia got its first fine dining experience to practice etiquette they had learned back at school. It comes after their teacher, Patrice Lamar-Bey, staged an Italian ...

What do you think of when you hear the words climate change, Brittany Jefferson asked her fifth-graders. She moved around her classroom at Silver Lake’s Citizens of the World Charter School making eye ...