Middle schoolers fall into a liminal space where they aren't little kids anymore but also aren't rapidly approaching adulthood as older teens are. They have different needs, energy, and attention ...

Middle school is a time of transition for young people as they develop a sense of self. At the same time, changing bodies, more rigorous academics and new social challenges can make middle school ...

At the start of a new school year, educators often marvel at the transformations that students made over the summer. At no other developmental phase is this more evident than early adolescence—the ...

Literacy has always been the foundation of learning, but for middle school students, the stakes are especially high. These years mark the critical shift from learning to read to reading to learn. When ...

It’s a little after 11 a.m. on a Wednesday in October when Sam, an 8th grader at the Community Lab School, a small public charter school here, saunters into the office of Lucy Akers-Allen, the ...

Middle school is often a time of change for students. New friends, new schools, and a time of physical growth during the sticky subject of puberty. It's also a critical period during another sticky ...