At the top of her class in eighth grade, she learned of a program that places children of color in elite prep schools. (gse.harvard.edu)
Our analysis of 2014 teacher survey data,... showed that 50 percent of eighth grade teachers reported spending 3 to 5 hours per week of classroom instruction time on social studies.... (coreknowledge.org)
In other words, increasing the share of eighth graders in tracked courses by ten percentage points is associated with an additional 20,000 students scoring 3 or higher on AP exams nationwide. (educationnext.org)