Ninth-graders Caityln Meyer, Melia Land and Kaylee Kruse, from left, participate Thursday in a lab during a science class at the College Community School District’s 9th Grade Center in southwest Cedar ...

Students are four times more likely to graduate from high school if they are on track in ninth grade. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign ...

Cody Bradley might have been a high school dropout without the 9th Grade Success program at Poudre High School. Instead, he’s on track to graduate on time next spring, working part time through an ...

This story first appeared in The Hechinger Report. There’s a school improvement model that has gotten consistent results in large schools, small schools, high-performing ones, low-performing ones, ...