Middle School

U.S. News & World Report has released its first-ever ranking for public elementary and middle schools in each state. The inaugural ranking is in addition to the annual high schools ranking released every year. Unlike the high school ranking, there is no national ranking for K-8 schools, but readers can still browse school rankings by state or by district. ...

After a teacher received a tip on Thursday that a student had a gun, police searched the homes of two students, where they found weapons.

Police in Rochester, New Hampshire are seeking information after a middle school student reported being grabbed on her way to school Thursday. According to Rochester police, the incident took place between 7:05 a.m. and 7:20 a.m on Chestnut Street in the area of the Rochester Fairgrounds. The man allegedly tried to grab her waist near some bushes. The female student,…

A middle school teacher in Duxbury, Massachusetts, has been fired amid accusations of sexually assaulting a student 15 years ago.

A middle school teacher in Duxbury, Massachusetts, has been fired amid accusations of sexually assaulting a student 15 years ago. John Blake, a longtime gym teacher and hockey coach at Duxbury Middle School, was placed on leave in the fall. Police are now investigating more than a dozen anonymous tips related to the case, according to The Boston Globe. A...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report on Wednesday with recommendations on how districts should prepare to reopen schools.

A Massachusetts grand jury handed up an indictment Tuesday in connection with the mysterious death of a 15-year-old girl in Cambridge last summer. Isaias Plaza, of Boston, was charged at Middlesex Superior Court with manslaughter and assault and battery resulting in serious injury in connection with the July 22, 2018, death of Richelle Robinson.

Three New Hampshire teenagers have been arrested after police found them on the roof of a closed middle school.

Three New Hampshire teenagers have been arrested after police found them on the roof of a closed middle school.

A Massachusetts middle school teacher has been placed on administrative leave Wednesday for allegations of inappropriate conduct, according to the school’s superintendent. The alleged incident took place at King Philip Regional Middle School in Norfolk on the afternoon of April 2 and involves inappropriate conduct between a teacher and a student during a class exercise.

A Massachusetts middle school student who police say stabbed another student during a fight Thursday morning will not be charged, according to authorities. Woburn police say they responded to a report of a stabbing at Kennedy Middle School at 7:50 a.m. after a teacher called 911.

A Bellingham, Massachusetts teacher charged with child porn after recording a middle school student in the bathroom will face a judge Monday. Scott McDonald, a 38-year-old teacher and baseball coach at Bellingham Memorial Middle School, has been placed on administrative leave since Nov. 9.

A Massachusetts middle school teacher charged with secretly recording a 14-year-old student using the bathroom is heading to court. Prosecutors say 38-year-old Scott McDonald is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges including photographing sexual or intimate parts of a child. McDonald is a teacher and baseball coach at Bellingham Memorial Middle School.

There’s no evidence to suggest the gas explosions that rocked communities north of Boston were intentional, a federal investigator said Saturday. As federal officials opened their investigation into Thursday’s disaster, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt said that there doesn’t appeal to be “anything nefarious, anything suspicious, anything intentional.” He said investigators will be working to develop a timeline...

A teacher at Cohasset Middle School is accused of indecently assaulting a student.

School leaders are telling Massachusetts to put its money where its mouth is and help prevent school shootings.

Students at Massachusetts middle school were greeted with an unsettling message Tuesday morning when they arrived for classes.

More than two dozen students at a Massachusetts middle school were taken to a hospital as a precaution after walking through a smoke and vapor cloud created by a cleaning agent used in the school’s cafeteria.

Students at a Massachusetts middle school are no longer allowed to bring in fidget spinners, toys advertised for stress relief and improvement of attention span.

A student at Randolph Community Middle School recorded video of a teacher spraying what looks like an aerosol can at students.