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 ...

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 ...

Research shows that peer-to-peer learning positively affects academic achievement. When students are teaching one another, ...

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 ...

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 ...