December 4, 2025 - A new literacy intervention program is being rolled out in San Diego, Alameda, San Mateo and Riverside counties, to help teenagers in juvenile detention grasp the basics of reading.

Science is usually one of the more hands-on subjects in middle school: Students design research questions, draw diagrams, and conduct experiments. But the country’s 8th graders are less likely to do ...

He reads aloud question No. 1, and he emphasizes that students must include evidence and reasoning with their answer. “So, do not just say, ‘Yes,’” he tells his students. “Yes,” one of them responds ...

Middle schoolers embody a messy no-man’s land: young enough to get excited by stickers and play-acting, but mature enough to crave autonomy and opportunities to improve their world. Younger ...

Tyraine Ragsdale, aka Grand Hank (left), challenges 8th grade students’ perception during an interactive science demonstration at the Allen M. Stearne middle school in Philadelphia on February 6, 2024 ...

Shaunna Garner’s 16th year teaching eighth-grade science began as it usually does: a week of lab safety training before students get to conduct experiments and exercises. But this year, Garner has ...