Last week, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) introduced Aristo, an artificial intelligence model that scored above 90 percent on an 8th grade science test and 80 percent on a ...

Encourage discussion as much as possible in your house. Ask your eighth-grader for their opinion about political and social issues, or about books, movies, and TV shows. Listen carefully and prompt ...

Parent Toolkit expert Faye de Muyshondt suggests that you teach them how to maintain eye contact, speak clearly, introduce themselves and smile or convey warmth to make a good first impression. You ...

A sharp rise in students without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators and policymakers.

A new, dual-credit robotics class for eighth graders at Douglas MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights is allowing students to dive deep into engineering and other STEM fields while addressing ...

Next's search for the smartest kid in Colorado led us to an eighth grade student who is learning alongside DU freshmen. Angelina Akdis, an eighth-grade student at The Rick Center for Gifted Children, ...

Noah Fink, an eighth-grader in the Warren Hills Regional School District, has been doing research on New Jersey Devils' staff as he's held out of school while his parents and the district litigate ...

PINEVILLE — Students are thinking about life after high school as early as eighth grade now. Some local efforts to expose kids to careers include an interactive career fair and a high school course ...

Mineola High School suspended its new, video-based eighth-grade education program created by Superintendent Michael Nagler and his 19-year-old son, James, on Monday after facing pushback from parents, ...

California 8th graders will be required to take Algebra 1 and be tested on it as part of the state’s accountability system, under a controversial decision made by the state board of education last ...