The new question of the week is: What advice would you give to new (or veteran!) middle school teachers? I spent my first year teaching in a middle school and I quickly made the move to high school. I ...

While it's a popular political refrain to say the middle class is shrinking, we all wonder how we compare to our neighbors and to the generations that came before us. About half of all U.S. adults–52% ...

What does it really mean to be middle class these days? The question sounds simple, yet the answer changes depending on whether you live in Massachusetts or Mississippi. For decades, the middle class ...

If you are a middle child, or have a sibling who is a middle child, you may be wondering if “middle child syndrome” is a real thing. Middle child syndrome is the belief that middle children are ...

That’s according to a new study suggesting the longest-suffering siblings grow up to be “better” than their rivals — adding to the long-running debate over whether or not order of birth can predict ...

Anna (left) and Ashlee (right), sixth graders at Community Lab School, create comics depicting their Covid year. Credit: Kelly Field for the Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...

Middle school. The very memory of it prompts disgust. Here’s a thing no one’s thinking: Geez, I wish I still looked the way I did when I was 12. Middle school is the worst. Tweenhood, which starts ...

Historical norms and a bit of whimsy play a role in why we have middle names When a baby is born, the first name gets all the glory—and scrutiny. But the middle name, if there is one, can seem like an ...