Today’s eighth graders are shaped by pandemic learning and issues with student engagement that followed school shutdowns.

Several eighth-grade graduations are also scheduled throughout May and June. Monroe County Community College already held its 2025 commencement ceremony. MONROE COUNTY — Graduation season 2025 ...

Abed, 19, didn’t get the hang of English until 11th grade, he says. Still, he managed to take college classes before leaving high school. And in April, he went to Albany to be honored with a ...

House Bill 340 prohibits personal communications devices in public school classrooms from kindergarten through eighth grade. The ban goes into effect in the summer of 2026. Gov. Brian Kemp signed ...