The State Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to remove state incentives encouraging schools to offer Algebra I in 8th grade. The move was both a vote of confidence in the new Common Core ...

Starting next school year, students in eighth grade will receive grades based on their ability to meet education standards. Board approves standards-based grading for 8th grade Skip to main ...

New Orleans charter schools now required to provide school bus transportation through 8th grade ... They hoped schools like ISL would follow suit, School Board President Olin Parker said.

COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) - The Covington County School Board rejected a plan Thursday night that would have sent 7th- and 8th-grade students right to a high school campus, instead of attending middle ...

The PIAA said that they have seen far too many kids repeating 8th grade to essentially red shirt for sports in high school so the board of directors voted 29-0 to pass the new rule.