Efforts to improve the academic performance of ninth-graders drove large improvements in graduation rates three years later in a diverse set of 20 Chicago public high schools, according to a report ...

High school is an important time in the life of any teen: hormones are raging, social cliques are forming and the pressure is on to develop a college résumé. Teens gain more independence as they get ...

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 ...

Atlanta’s Frederick Douglass High School plans to open an off-site ninth grade academy in a bid to give students a stronger start and prevent them from dropping out. Principal Forrestella Taylor told ...

An experienced school administrator and former Allentown teacher has been tapped to lead the new Ninth Grade Academy at Allen High School. Alicia Knauff taught English to nonnative speakers and was an ...

How well non-native English speakers perform in their ninth-grade courses is highly predictive of their graduation from Chicago Public Schools regardless of race or ethnicity — and much more ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Holly Palmersheim, associate principal at Prairie Point Middle School, was named the ...