Curbing state spending isn't necessarily bad. But don't cut heedlessly. Several low-cost interventions for kids on the margin will be a bargain in the long run.

Ninth-graders Caityln Meyer, Melia Land and Kaylee Kruse, from left, participate Thursday in a lab during a science class at the College Community School District’s 9th Grade Center in southwest Cedar ...

Students are four times more likely to graduate from high school if they are on track in ninth grade. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign ...

A focus group on school safety attracted a sampling of Trenton public school ninth graders to discuss this important issue. The event occurred on Wednesday, March 6 at The Ninth Grade Academy on Perry ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the national discussion about lowering the high school dropout rate, the freshman year has emerged as a key area to focus on. We know that it’s important to make sure students transition from ...

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This month, more than 4 million students across the nation will begin high school. Many will do well. But many will not. Consider that nearly two-thirds of students will experience the “ninth-grade ...

A ninth-grade student died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday during a school field trip in Provo Canyon. Police confirmed Thursday that the death was a suicide. (Novikov Aleksey, ...

Kevin Bacon’s latest “#TBT” Instagram post showcases a turtleneck, swooping hair and quite the smolder Jason Mendez/Getty; Kevin Bacon/Instagram As Kevin Bacon is reminding us, you’re only in 9th ...

The sun had barely risen Wednesday morning as Warren Easton High School’s newest students walked past alumni passing out homemade school supply kits and through the front doors of the school’s new ...