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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 Education, ...

The Albert Lea Area Learning Center is located at Brookside Education Center and serves approximately 90 students in ninth ...

Cody Bradley might have been a high school dropout without the 9th Grade Success program at Poudre High School. Instead, he’s on track to graduate on time next spring, working part time through an ...

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.

PHOENIX – The new Arizona state budget includes $3.4 million to help high school freshmen stay on track to graduate on time. The state’s Ninth Grade Success Grant project encourages students to make ...