Focus on the wonder years challenges facing the American middle school
Young teens undergo multiple changes that seem to set them apart from other students. But do middle schools actually meet their special needs? The authors describe some of the challenges and offer ways to tackle them, such as reassessing the organization of grades K-12; specifically assisting the st...
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Santa Monica, CA
Rand
2004, 2004
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-155)
- Goals, terms, methods, and organization
- A brief history of the U.S. middle school
- Core practices of the middle school concept
- Academic achievement
- Conditions for student learning
- Principals
- Promoting teacher competence through training
- Parental involvement
- Whole-school reform models
- Conclusions and recommendations