Middle Grades Review

Welcome to Middle Grades Review.

Middle Grades Review (MGR) provides a provocative forum for debate within the field of middle grades education. Inviting a critical perspective, MGR is a peer-reviewed, diamond open access venue for scholars and practitioners who wish to broaden the discourse of middle grades education by challenging conventional wisdom. MGR seeks pieces that explore three themes: Democratic Education, Innovation, and Social Justice in relation to middle grades education and young adolescents.

MGR is a diamond open access journal published by the Middle Grades Collaborative in partnership with the University of Vermont Press. It is entirely free for readers and authors.

This journal is abstracted/indexed in Cabell’s, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).


Young Adolescent Engagement: Editorial Remarks

James F. Nagle and Penny Bishop

2024-12-19 Volume 10 • Issue 2 • 2024

Essay

Risk Factors and Their Effect on Young Adolescents' Health and Well-Being

Steven B Mertens and Micki M. Caskey

2024-12-19 Volume 10 • Issue 2 • 2024

Self-Directed Learning and Service Learning in Middle Grades: What are the Connections and Implications?

Katy Farber and Rachel Mark

2024-12-19 Volume 10 • Issue 2 • 2024

Research and Inquiry

Urban Educators' Journey with Restorative Justice: Insights and Challenges

Kathy Brown, Jennifer Grace and Lisa A. Jones

2024-12-19 Volume 10 • Issue 2 • 2024

Practitioner Perspective 

Nurturing Lifelong Readers: The Power of Near-Peer Mentoring for Young Adolescents and Their Mentors

Lindsay Persohn, Karyn Zalman Mendez, Dulcey Bishop Hunter, Chelsea Rivera and Cheryl R. Ellerbrock

2024-12-19 Volume 10 • Issue 2 • 2024