Highland Park native Sara F. Shacter loves middle-grade books, science—particularly biology—and nature. She is also ...

Fifth and sixth grade students from Creswell Middle School celebrated their behavioral success throughout the school year ...

At a Hillsboro junior high, the focus is on student collaboration and teacher quality to boost academic outcomes.

By 2:45 p.m. the regular school day at August Boeger Middle School had already ended, but one class is about to start. More than 20 eighth graders drop their backpacks and settle into desks — not for ...