LaChar Tevis was on the verge of moving to a new county, a new home and since she was starting sixth grade, a new grown-up academic setting known as middle school. She was looking forward to getting ...

At this age, some children may say that their parents are “stupid” or “don’t understand anything,” but parents are still one of the biggest influences in their lives. It can be frustrating to deal ...

The Cedar Rapids school board on Monday will discuss a recommendation to move to an intermediate school model that would ...

As their assignments become more complicated, you might start to feel that your child's math homework is outpacing your comfort level. Continue to review math materials with him before class and ...

The average American parent’s science and math knowledge taps out around the sixth-grade level, according to new research. When asked to estimate the grade they’d be placed into for both math and ...

Kahia Ross and Sawyer Valdez are enjoying sixth grade at their elementary schools. The two are among 55 or so Escambia County School District students to attend their first year of middle school at ...

PALMER — Mat-Su students entering middle school next year could have longer class periods and see fewer teachers each day ...

Middle school is tough. Bodies change. Hormones rage. Algebra becomes a reality. But there are things schools can do to make life easier for students — like this big study we wrote about showing that ...

When children hit the sixth grade, their worlds start to change. It's partially the hormones, when they physically and emotionally grow. Plus, there's a change in the dynamics in their family and in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At 7 a.m. on a recent school day, students in yellow and navy polo shirts began filling the gymnasium at Frost Sixth-Grade Academy, pulling books from their backpacks to read in the ...

Fort Worth ISD’s last standalone campus — McLean 6th Grade — will soon be closed as part of the district’s consolidation plan approved at the board’s Aug. 27 meeting. During that meeting, the board ...