“Gravity sucks”! said Peggy Whitson, and she should know. The Iowa girl who grew up on a farm near Mount Ayr to become a biochemist/astronaut has logged 665 days in outer space, the U.S. record, and she gave …

Friday was the first day of a new initiative at Cowles Montessori School: the Walking School Bus. Get a gaggle of students dropped off at a depot, in this case Windsor Heights Presbyterian Church several blocks south of the …

Programs focusing on STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – have been at the center of the educational world in recent years, seen as one pathway for students to take rigorous courses while preparing for higher education and careers …