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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook As most public school kids in America will remember from their ninth grade English class, “The ...

Want to help your 10th-grader with reading and writing? Here are some of the skills your teen will be learning in the classroom. Read closely from rich and challenging ninth grade-level texts, with ...

Brookline Public Schools won’t eliminate the district’s honors ninth-grade English class next school year after all. The district administration recently sought to eliminate the distinct honors and ...

Ninth grade can be a tricky time. Along with starting over as the youngest kids in school, navigating new social situations, and juggling extracurricular activities, high-school freshmen often ...

Reading Homer’s The Odyssey has long been a mainstay of high school English literature curricula. And yet it’s hard to imagine today’s typical high school student independently reading all 24 books ...