Focus on the wonder years: challenges facing the American middle school
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, CA Rand 2004
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Beschreibung:"Prepared for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.". - "RAND Education.". - Errata slip included. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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
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 students most in need; finding ways to prevent disciplinary problems; and helping parents understand how they can help their children learn at home
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 155 pages)
ISBN:0833033905
0833036157
9780833033901
9780833036155

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