Reforming middle level education : considerations for policymakers / edited by Sue C. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, Sue Carol, 1946- editor.

Series:

Handbook of research in middle level education series.

Handbook of research in middle level education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle school education--United States.

Middle school education.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume of The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education is a significant contribution to the literature on middle level schools because it is written specifically with policymakers in mind. Middle level scholars have illuminated the most important issues concerning the education of young adolescents of which policymakers must be knowledgeable. It is only by having informed policymakers that middle level schools can truly thrive and provide the kind of education that every young adolescent deserves. The future of our country depends on it.

Contents:

Foreword / Sue Swaim

Introduction, policymakers, please think on these "things" / John H. Lounsbury

Creating high-performance middle schools : recommendations from research / Vincent A. Anfara, Jr.

The importance of having a highly qualified principal in every middle grades school / Sue C. Thompson

Creating academically challenging middle level schools for every child / Ronald D. Williamson and J. Howard Johnston

Creating quality in the middle school curriculum / James A. Beane

Creating socially equitable middle grades schools / Nancy M. Doda

The role of accountability in middle level schools / Dan French

The role of teacher preparation, licensure, and retention in creating high-performing middle schools / C. Kenneth McEwin, Thomas S. Dickinson, and Tracy W. Smith

Lessons learned from comprehensive school reform models / Nancy Ames

State-level policy development / David A. Payton

Creating common middle-level knowledge : a New York story / Jeannette Stern and Sandra L. Stacki

A new vision for professional learning / Stephanie Hirsh

What of the future? / Deborah Kasak.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612015687

9781607529477

1607529475

9781282015685

1282015680

OCLC:

666908176