The students in Zack Hull’s 8 th grade English class are eager to share their “This I Believe” essays. For several years, he has had his students dig within themselves and write about something they ...

Roman Daniels in 8th grade English. Philip's Academy is a preK-8 charter school approved in 2018 to expand into a high school, which current 8th graders would have been set to attend as freshman this ...

Headlines were bleak when results from the test known as the “Nation’s Report Card” came out last year. Local newspapers around the country documented their districts’ declining scores. Editorials ...

The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...

For nearly an hour, Dowan McNair-Lee has been walking her 8th grade English/language arts students through ways to identify the central idea of a text. She’s come at it from several angles, and no ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda didn't throw away his shot, and his old English teacher couldn't be more proud. Ahead of Hamilton's opening in Puerto Rico, the 38-year-old mind behind the hit musical chatted with ...