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Welcome to Middle Grades Review

Middle Grades Review provides a provocative forum for debate within the field of middle grades education. Inviting a critical perspective, MGR is a peer-reviewed, open access venue for scholars and practitioners who wish to broaden the discourse of middle grades education by challenging conventional wisdom. This journal 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).

Current Issues

Volume 12 • Issue 1 • 2026

General Issue • Articles examining the three key themes of democratic education, innovation, and social justice in relation to middle grades education and young adolescents.

Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2025

Special Issue • Reigniting the Middle Grades Movement: The Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group Research Agenda

Volume 11 • Issue 1 • 2025

General Issue • Articles examining the three key themes of democratic education, innovation, and social justice in relation to middle grades education and young adolescents.