Three decades of mounting academic and testing requirements are snagging growing numbers of students in the 9th grade, according to a study released last week. Produced by researchers at Boston ...

This week we are hearing from the Philadelphia Education Research Consortium (PERC, @PHLedResearch) about two connected research projects on ninth grade on-track metrics. This post is by Theodore ...

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Want to help your ninth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. For high school students, math skills and understandings are organized not by ...

The second draft of standards for social studies courses in North Carolina elementary and secondary schools offers sound improvements over the initial version, says Terry Stoops, director of education ...

The Schenectady City School District has introduced a new Mont Pleasant academy that brings together ninth-grade students ...

I've been a schoolteacher for almost 20 years, working with high-school students. I wish more parents would help their freshmen beyond getting good grades. A solid ninth-grader is set up for success ...