Expert Advice: Middle School
Retention in Seventh Grade
Retention is rarely the best solution in seventh grade. Learn some other solutions in this... |  | Success for an Eight-Grader
Understanding what motivates an eight-grader will help them to perform better in school. |
The Pressures of Middle School
The move to middle school can be tough, even for the best of students. | | Preparing for Middle School
Find ideas on how best to help a student enter middle school in the fall. |
| Providing Reading Help to a Teen
Recognizing a reading problem is the first step -- finding the right help is the next one. | |
Choosing a Middle-School Curriculum
An expert suggests which curriculum might be best for an eighth-grader with particular learning... | | |
Seventh-Grader's Grades Drop Suddenly
The first year in middle school can be a traumatic transition for adolescents, especially if... | | Transition to Junior High School
The move to junior high school is one of the most difficult transitions that students ever have... |
Seventh-Grader Stopped Doing His Homework
It is common for kids -- especially seventh graders -- to get overwhelmed by homework and to... | | Failing Seventh-Grader
Read what this expert suggests to the concerned parent of a failing seventh-grader. |
Eighth-Grader's Grades Are Dropping
This child appears to be manifesting a typical eighth-grade, second-quarter trait -- feeling... | | Seventh-Grader's Trouble with Reading
Here is an expert's advice to a seventh-grader who is struggling with reading. |
Seventh-Grader Can't Bring Grades Up
Seventh grade is a very tough transition year, and often students and their parents have to... | | Balancing Rewards and Discipline with Your Middle-Schooler
Is your middle-schooler having trouble in school? Find out which works better: rewards or... |
Sixth-Grader Struggling with Schoolwork
A lack of organizational skills is typical in sixth grade, but learning to be organized is... | | Middle-School Transition and Grades
If your child's transition to middle school is affecting her grades, there are ways you can... |
Seventh-Grader Won't Turn in Homework
The only way any of us learn is through experience and tough consequences. Unfortunately, some... | | |
Unmonitored Seventh-Grader Needs Support
When parents' work schedules make them unavailable to their child, a big brother, a mentor, or... | | |
Stepson Is Failing Eighth Grade
The best response is to back off and expect your stepson to take responsibility for his... | | |
| 11-year-old Musician Suddenly Ignoring Academics
It is not unusual for any student's grades to slip initially upon entry into junior high. | |
| Child with LD Dreads Middle School
Most kids are a little afraid of going to middle school, but they don't all admit it. |
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