Excitement and trepidation seemed to coalesce the moment Mikaela Smith dipped her creation into the water. Taking a step back, the soon-to-be ninth-grader at Marshall School pushed a button on her ...

Third graders Jeremiah and Eddie each held one side of a handmade aluminum foil boat and prepared to fill it with pirate gold, as part of a hands-on science challenge. They were two of a classroom ...