Brooklyn Jamison was a handful in her ninth-grade year at Mastbaum High School. “I was fighting, getting into drama that I shouldn’t have,” she said. “I picked the wrong friend group, and ...

The freshman year of high school is pivotal for students. Those who sail through — or even eke through — are very likely to graduate. More than a decade ago, the University of Chicago C… ...

A staff member works on a brainstorming activity at PAI’s most recent Communities of Practice gathering. (Philadelphia Academies, Inc.) Four-year graduation rates in the district overall have jumped ...

How many of us ever remember what was said at any particular graduation -- elementary, middle school, high school, college or graduate school?

Justice John Roberts' best writing: A 9th grade commencement speech. Hosted by Warren Olney Jul. 03, 2017 National. Listen 10 min MORE In June, Chief Justice John Roberts’ son, Jack, graduated from ...

Getting On Track to Graduation: Ninth Graders’ Credit Accumulation analyzed how two recent cohorts of SDP students performed according to the new 9th Grade On-Track Definition. What The Research ...

Educators are increasingly focusing on the ninth grade as the year that determines whether a young person will move on or drop out of school. According to research published in the journal ...