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Focus on the wonder years : challenges facing the American middle school / Jaana Juvonen ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library LB1623.5 .F62 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle schools--United States.
- Middle schools.
- United States.
- Middle school education--United States.
- Middle school education.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 155 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2004.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "Prepared for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation."
- "RAND Education."
- Errata slip included.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-155).
- ISBN:
- 0833033905
- OCLC:
- 54831085
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