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 ...

Freshman year of high school, as nearly anyone can attest, is a lot to digest, from new locker combinations to lunchroom politics to catching the right bus and avoiding rowdy juniors. Aside from those ...

Want to help your ninth-grader master reading and writing? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Read closely from rich and challenging ninth grade-level texts, ...

Hoping to help your ninth-grader with reading and writing skills? Here are some basic tips that experts suggest. Continue to encourage your child to read as much as possible. Make sure they are ...

The 9th Grade Success Network helps at-risk students stay on track to graduation and will now operate in 28 district schools.

Ninth graders in the Schenectady City School District will be learning in smaller groups. First-year students will be moving ...

The objectives of this study were to review the current literature on status attainment and student college choice and to develop and test a structural model of predisposition to attend college.