Focus on the wonder years
Subtitle: challenges facing the American middle school
By: Jaana Juvonen ... [et al.].
Contributors: Juvonen, Jaana.; Rand Education (Institute); Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.
Publisher: Rand
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Middle schools -- United States; Middle school education -- United States
Other titles: Challenges facing the American middle school
Description: "This monograph is a comprehensive assessment of the American middle school. It presents observations on a variety of very real issues - troubling social climates and associated behavioral problems, teachers who lack subject matter expertise, parents who seem uninvolved, among others. The authors offer ways of tackling these issues: reassessing the organization of grades K-12; specifically assisting the students most in need; finding ways to prevent disciplinary problems; working with proven professional-development models; helping parents understand the schools goals and methods and how they can help their children learn at home; and exploring how other countries promote the well-being of and provide positive school climates for students of comparable age to support academic achievement."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: "Prepared for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation."

"RAND Education."

Errata slip included.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-155).

Also available online via the Rand web site.
Table of contents: title: Goals, terms, methods, and organization; title: A brief history of the U.S. middle school; title: Core practices of the middle school concept; title: Academic achievement; title: Conditions for student learning; title: Principals; title: Promoting teacher competence through training; title: Parental involvement; title: Whole-school reform models; title: Conclusions and recommendations.