Each month, Dayton Daily News reporter Eileen McClory highlights local ideas that improve outcomes for students and teachers in the Dayton area.

Jack Jeffcott is a sixth-grade student at Loveland Intermediate School … most of the time. This February he swapped roles and turned teacher, planning a lesson for Loveland Early Childhood Center ...

The sixth grade class at A.M. Kulp elementary school pause for a photo Wednesday after completing six weeks of civics lessons taught by District Judge Andrea Duffy, far right, and four volunteer area ...

Some- how we have almost survived sixth grade. I use “we” because there were multiple moments that I felt tested in the process of my son getting through his first year of middle school. I use “almost ...

Merrimack Valley Middle School sixth grade math teacher Becky King has adopted a cow, which she incorporates into class lessons. Merrimack Valley Middle School sixth grade math teacher Becky King has ...