LOS ANGELES - The class of eighth-graders at a Los Angeles middle school tap their rulers and nod their heads to the rhythm of the rap video projected on a screen. It's not Snoop Dogg or Jay-Z. It's ...
In a Massachusetts school district, by 2021, after years of decline on the state test, only 12 percent of middle schoolers ...
An EdWeek Research Center survey finds that educators see older students' lack of progress in the subject as an acute problem ...
Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it. By Troy Closson From suburbs in the Northeast to ...