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Reforming middle level education [electronic resource] : considerations for policymakers / edited by Sue C. Thompson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Handbook of research in middle level education seriesPublication details: Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., c2004.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 256 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781607529477 (electronic bk.)
  • 1607529475 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 373.236 22
LOC classification:
  • LB1623.5 .F42 2004
Other classification:
  • 5,3
  • DK 1022
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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