SAN ANTONIO – It’s all about “hands on” learning. Castle Hills teacher Steven Kirkpatrick says his motto is “you have to touch science to learn it.” And, that seems to be working for the fifth graders ...

Brenda Powers’ Commentary about what schools can learn from exotic-animal trainers (“We Are All Shamu,” Oct. 18, 2006) took me back to a valley floor in Northern Thailand, where I once watched an old ...

Sharks are a remarkable, diverse group of ocean-dwellers that inhabit marine ecosystems all over the world. From the massive, gentle giant whale shark to the bioluminescent dwarf lantern shark, there ...

Leslie Schlabach knows the importance of agriculture, a lesson she hopes was planted in the minds of Rosa Parks Elementary students. Her daughter, Ashley (Abrams) Dill, 28, was involved in the Future ...