Want to help your ninth-grader master reading and writing? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Read closely from rich and challenging ninth grade-level texts, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Educators are increasingly focusing on the ninth grade as the year that determines whether a young person will move on or drop out of school. According to research published in the journal Education, ...