Just 22 percent of students in the district are Black, Latino or multiracial, but in some lower-level math classes a disproportionate share of the kids were from those racial groups. This is the look ...

The cover of "Middle School Superpowers" by Phyllis Fagell. (Courtesy of Hachette Book Group) This article is more than 1 year old. Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcasted on Nov. 29, 2024.

Students who started middle school early in the pandemic lost ground in math, like students at other grade levels. But unlike other groups, they don’t appear to be recovering. At two Virginia schools, ...

From 'We Are Not Free' by Traci Chee to 'Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You' by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, these are the 10 best YA and children's books of 2020.

Books for Kids Starting Middle School From a Judy Blume classic to mysteries both otherworldly and close to home, these 11 titles capture the nerve-racking first days of tweendom — and all the ...

A student orders real numbers in Ruby Voss’ and Amber Benson’s eighth grade math class. Nationwide, students who started middle school during the pandemic lost more ground in math than any ...

In San Francisco, dismantling middle-school algebra did little to end racial inequities among students in advanced math classes. After a huge public outcry, the district decided to reverse course.

Middle school math is considered a benchmark metric by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. Many Ohio students take algebra in eighth or ninth grade, with some students taking the ...

Sixth-graders in the math class taught by Marietta Gibb and Nicole Parasiliti at DeWitt Middle School in Ithaca, N.Y., work in small groups to practice different skills in the same class.