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).
Featured Articles
Volume 11 • Issue 1 • 2025
Essay
Past Stories, Present Voices: Exploring Identity and Community Through Museum–School Partnerships
- Devin Winter
Volume 11 • Issue 1 • 2025
Research and Inquiry
Expanding the Cultural Lens: Implementing an Ongoing Online Professional Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Cory Brown
- Pamela Correll
- Ximena Uribe-Zarain
- Kimberly J. Stormer PhD
Volume 11 • Issue 1 • 2025
Practitioner Perspective
Above the Influence: Youth Activism in a School Makerspace
- Lou I. Lahana Ed.D.
Volume 11 • Issue 1 • 2025
Editorial
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Accepted for Publication | Fostering Humanity in Middle Grades: Applications of Daisaku Ikeda Children’s Stories in Social Studies
Posted by Aimee Diehl on 2025-12-04
Forthcoming Essay Fostering Humanity in Middle Grades: Applications of Daisaku Ikeda Children’s Stories in Social Studies by Juan Walker and Nai-Cheng Kuo Abstract The article aims to provide examples for social studies educators to use Ikeda children's videos in social studies. By integrating fictional children storytelling resources with nonfictional accounts for primary source analysis, [...]
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Posted by Aimee Diehl on 2025-12-04
Forthcoming Research & Inquiry The Status of Middle Level Curriculum in U.S. Public Schools by Steven B. Mertens, James Nagle, Amanda Wall, Stacie K. Pettit and Christopher S. Weiler Abstract In response to the Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group’s (MLER SIG) research agenda, this article examines the development of middle level curriculum across the United States by [...]
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