• From Dreamers to Doers: Reimagining the Middle Grades with Preservice Teacher Inquiry-Based Mentoring

    Sarah Bonner, Denise Ousley-Exum

    From Dreamers to Doers: Reimagining the Middle Grades with Preservice Teacher Inquiry-Based Mentoring

  • Fostering Humanity in Middle Grades: Applications of Daisaku Ikeda Children’s Stories in Social Studies

    Juan Walker, Nai-Cheng Kuo

    Fostering Humanity in Middle Grades: Applications of Daisaku Ikeda Children’s Stories in Social Studies

  • The Status of Middle Level Curriculum in U.S. Public Schools

    Steven B Mertens, James Nagle PhD, Amanda Wall, Stacie K Pettit, Christopher S. Weiler

    The Status of Middle Level Curriculum in U.S. Public Schools

  • A Tri-State Comparison of Middle Level Teacher Candidates’ Clinical Experiences

    Amanda Wall, Toni M. Williams, Holly H. Pinter

    A Tri-State Comparison of Middle Level Teacher Candidates’ Clinical Experiences

  • Multilingual Learners’ Writing Experiences in an English-Dominant Class: Instructional Implications for Students’ Equitable Learning Experiences

    Bogum Yoon PhD, Diana Murtaugh

    Multilingual Learners’ Writing Experiences in an English-Dominant Class: Instructional Implications for Students’ Equitable Learning Experiences

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.

Featured Articles

Lou I. Lahana Ed.D.

Above the Influence: Youth Activism in a School Makerspace

Brooke B. Eisenbach, Bridget Coleman

Centering Young Adolescents: A Call for Purposeful Virtual Pedagogy in the Middle Grades

Devin Winter

Past Stories, Present Voices: Exploring Identity and Community Through Museum–School Partnerships

Cory Brown, Pamela Correll, Ximena Uribe-Zarain, Kimberly J. Stormer PhD

Expanding the Cultural Lens: Implementing an Ongoing Online Professional Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ellis Hurd EdD, Nicole Miller PhD, Robin Mis PhD, Nicole Whitaker PhD

Revisiting the National Review of Middle Level Teacher Preparation Programs: Certification and Licensure Across the Country

Bogum Yoon PhD, Diana Murtaugh

Multilingual Learners’ Writing Experiences in an English-Dominant Class: Instructional Implications for Students’ Equitable Learning Experiences

Amanda Wall, Toni M. Williams, Holly H. Pinter

A Tri-State Comparison of Middle Level Teacher Candidates’ Clinical Experiences

Steven B Mertens, James Nagle PhD, Amanda Wall, Stacie K Pettit, Christopher S. Weiler

The Status of Middle Level Curriculum in U.S. Public Schools

Kathleen Marie Brinegar

Reigniting the Middle Grades Movement

James Nagle PhD, Kathleen Marie Brinegar

Educators Engaging Young Adolescents

Juan Walker, Nai-Cheng Kuo

Fostering Humanity in Middle Grades: Applications of Daisaku Ikeda Children’s Stories in Social Studies

Sarah Bonner, Denise Ousley-Exum

From Dreamers to Doers: Reimagining the Middle Grades with Preservice Teacher Inquiry-Based Mentoring

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