5 ways to help your child survive the social turmoil of middle school No one is getting out unscathed, but parents can help kids minimize social drama as they navigate middle school. Here are five strategies that will help.

First came the ‘build the wall’ chants. Now a noose has been found at the same middle school. "Effective immediately, the student responsible for the noose has been removed from the middle school until further notice," Superintendent of Schools Shawn Lewis-Lakin said.

Police respond to shooting at a middle school in the US It is not known if anyone has been hurt in the incident at Union Middle School in Sandy on Tuesday afternoon.

'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life' is a fine diversion for the not-a-kid-not-yet-an-adult i It's not often you see a movie that captures the all too torturous years of middle school — perhaps because we'd all rather forget the horrors of seventh grade. Which is why “Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life” feels a bit unique. It's n Read more ... ot about children or teenagers, but those awkward in-bet...

Researchers Just Solved One of the Big Paradoxes About Jupiter's Atmosphere There’s a mystery above Jupiter. The planet is five times farther from the sun than Earth is—and yet has similar atmospheric temperatures to our own. So where’s all that extra heat coming from? It turns out, Jupiter may have a second heat sourc Read more ... e in its Big Red Spot.

8 Things Your Child's Middle School Teachers Want You to Know These eight tips straight from middle school teachers to parents are to ensure that the middle school years - some of the most difficult both socially and academically - go nice and smoothly for all involved, especially the kiddos.

Here’s why you’re not still close to your middle school friends, according to science Growing apart from friends is never fun, but if it's any comfort, you're not alone. A new study found that only 1% of friendships formed in middle school were still intact by their senior year of high school. Specifically, the researchers took a look Read more ... at 410 7th graders, and touched base with them ev…

Ga. Middle School Teacher Accused of Letting Students have Sex in Classroom A judge has issued an arrest warrant for Quinton Wright, a math teacher and a coach at Champion Theme Middle School, who has since been fired.

What About Middle School? Fifth grade is underway and middle school is the main topic of conversation among parents. Worrying seems to be an Olympic sport but I'm trying not to compete. I tell myself, "My kid is a good student, he'll be fine."

Middle School Is the Worst. Here’s What It’s Like to Teach It. All of us remember middle school, and very few of us would like to go back. That’s the case for middle school teachers, too. They’ve got some of the hardest jobs in education: working with students who want responsibility but aren’t always equi Read more ... pped to handle it. Turnover at this level is...