When I was in 6th grade, my teacher set aside our scheduled lesson for a discussion on what was going on in the world around us. A young man in Baltimore named Freddie Gray had just died while in ...

Jay-Z explained his 6th-grade teacher impacted his life so much that he would carry with him throughout his legendary career in the music business. Read more! In a CBS interview with Gayle King, Jay-Z ...

Way back when, when I was in the sixth grade, I had a teacher that for some reason I wasn’t too popular with. Miss Peters was her name, and it took a bit of hair pulling to get her to change her mind ...

WETHERSFIELD, CT (WFSB) - Sixth grade homeroom teacher from Emerson-Williams Elementary, Jessica Sitler, always uses lessons in her classroom to challenge her students. “This one in particular was ...

Once in a while, a guest with something important to say visits this space. This week, teacher Dean Wariner shares a letter he sent home with 40 sixth-graders on their first day in middle school. In ...