Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...

Amoni and Zoe scattered the contents of a sandwich bag full of fruit-flavored candy across their desks as part of a math lesson on ratios. “What does it mean to have 50%?” their teacher, Kelly Woodfin ...

Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...

For districts aiming to increase the number of students taking Algebra 1 before high school, a key policy lever could be pulled earlier—when students are just entering middle school. When the Dallas ...